ECHINOPSIS
(including LOBIVIA)
Echinopsis hybrid
Peace Rose 24-07-07
Echinopsis hybrid
Tango (Abbey Brook)
Echinopsis hybrid
(Reinetta) 24-7-07
Echinopsis hybrid
Schick Traumeri
Echinopsis subdenudata
Habitat - Bolivia
Max Size - 3 x 4.5
Flower - white
Flower Size - 7.7 x 3.5
Clumps - no
Lobivia miniatiflora - hybrid?
Owner: Member Ken Ballard
Ken is a member of the Echinopsis Hybrid Swap Circle which has 60+ members throughout the UK and Europe and Has swapped plants with a member as far away as Lisbon Portugal.
Anyone interested in joining should contact Ken at ken.ballard@mypostoffice.co.uk.
Or the circle co-ordinator Liz Pendleton at:- mailto:penbro@yahoo.com
Owners - John and Sylvia Jones
Another cactus where the flower dwarfs the plant - an Echinopsis oxygona (one of the few true (not hybrid) Echinopsis species to have a non-white flower). Flowering in late June, note the large number of offsets being produced. This is my oldest cactus which took 15 years to flower, but it was well worth the wait! The flower is over 8 inches long, with a strong scent, and about 3 inches wide.
The offsets (3 years old) are now producing their own offsets (below). This one has 36.
Pseudonyms - Lobivia
Habitat - Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay
Max Size - 12 x 9
Flower - lavender
Flower Size - 9 x 4
Clumps - offsets (see below)
Lobivia arachnacantha
Lobivia ferox
Echinopsis formosa
Echinopsis jajoiana
Echinopsis Los Angeles - a picture of it flowering can be seen on the home page