Accepted Scientific Name: Echinopsis cinnabarina (Hook.) Labour.
Monogr. Cact. 288. 1853 Labour.
Echinopsis cinnabarina var. acanthoplegma Photo by: Julio C. García
Origin and Habitat: Higher Andes of Southern Bolivia, Cochabamba to La Paz and adjacent area.
Altitude: 2300-3500 metres above sea level.
Habitat and Ecology: The species occurs in pre-Puna and on rocky lands within shrubby vegetation in seasonally dry inter-Andean valleys. It grows together with Echinopsis obrepandaSN|21037]]SN|21037]].
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Accepted name in llifle Database:Echinopsis cinnabarina (Hook.) Labour.Monogr. Cact. 288. 1853Synonymy: 61
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Description: Echinopsis cinnabarina var. acanthoplegmaSN|13648]]SN|13648]], best known as Lobivia acanthoplegmaSN|9457]]SN|9457]] is small cactus species with colourful flowers ranging from orange to dark violet-red with contrasting white throat.
Habit: It is a small, low growing cactus that grows usually solitary (unless damaged).
Stem: Spherical-flattened to spherical, 15 cm diameter.
Ribs: Aprrox. 26 with noticeable tubercles up to 15 mm long.
Radial spines: Approx. 10, up to 20 mm long, awl-like, lying flat to the body, more or less interlaced.
Central spines: Usually absent.
Flower: Arising from the basal tubercles on the side of the plant, up to 5 cm long and in diameter, unscented, orange to dark violet-red, throat usually lighter or white.
Fruit: Globose to oval, semi-dry and perpendicularly splitting.
Seed: Spherical, rough, grey, covered with skin remainders.
More...Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Echinopsis cinnabarina group
Echinopsis cinnabarina (Hook.) Labour.: has a flattened usually solitary body with spirally arranged ribs, with raised to acute tubercles. Spines arranged like little spiders. Flowers apical, scarlet to deep red. Distribution: Southern Bolivia and Northern Argentina.- Echinopsis cinnabarina var. acanthoplegma (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley: has colourful flower flowers ranging from orange to dark violet-red with contrasting white throat. Distribution: Cochabamba to La Paz , Bolivia.
- Echinopsis cinnabarina f. variegata hort.: Variegated form.
- Echinopsis oligotricha (Cárdenas) M.Lowry: is similar in habit to var. acanthoplegma but the flowers tube are typically nearly naked (or with few hairs). Distribution: Arani, Chochabamba, Bolivia.
- Lobivia acanthoplegma var. patula Rausch: has more porrect-spreading spines than the var. acanthoplegma. Distribution: Cliza and adjacent areas, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
- Lobivia acanthoplegma f. pilosa Rausch: has dense hairy dark carmine flowers up to 50 mm large. Stem single globose with dense yellowish spines, crown slightly depressed. Distribution: Cerro Kara-Kara, Cochabamba.
- Lobivia acanthoplegma var. roseiflora Rausch: is somewhat more delicate than the type with shorter spines and smaller pink flowers with contrasting white centre. Distribution: Cochabamba to Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Bolivia
- Lobivia cinnabarina var. draxleriana (Rausch) Rausch: has a very flat body, and paler creamy-yellow spines. Distribution: Cochabamba and Chuquisaca.
- Lobivia cinnabarina var. walterspielii (Boed.) Rausch: has a very flat body, longer and more porrect yellowish spines and clear red cup-shaped flower. Distribution: Potosi, between Otuyo and Betanzos.
Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey “The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass” Cambridge University Press, 11/Aug./2011
2) David Hunt, Nigel Taylor “The New Cactus Lexicon” DH Books, 2006
3) Edward F. Anderson “The Cactus Family” Timber Press, 2001
4) Walter Rausch in: Kakteen And. Sukk. 28(4): 75. 1977
5) Walter Rausch "Lobivia 85." Rudolf Herzig Verlag, Wien. 1986.
6) Walter Rausch “Lobivia: The Day Flowering Echinopsidinae from a Geographical Distribution Point of View” Volumes 1-3 R. Herzig, 1975
7) Brian Lamb “Letts guide to cacti of the world” Letts, 17/ott/1991
8) Lowry, M. 2013. Echinopsis cinnabarina. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 January 2014.
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Read More... Cultivation and Propagation: Echinopsis cinnabarina var. acanthoplegmaSN|13648]]SN|13648]] is a summer grower species that offers no cultivation difficulties. Water regularly in summer (but do not overwater ) needs good drainage and very porous, keep rather dry in winter. Feed with a high potassium fertilizer in summer. It is quite frost resistant if kept dry (hardy to -12° C). Need a bright exposure, full sun or half shade in summer.
Propagation: Direct sow after last frost, offsets (if available).
