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Echinopsis scheeri Salm-Dyck
Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849) [ed. 1849] 179 (1849), 1850; Lab. I. c. 289; Rumpler in Handb. Cacteenk. [Forster]. ed. 2. f. 79, 80
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Echinopsis pentlandii (Hook.) Salm-Dyck ex A.Dietr.
Allg. Gartenzeitung (Otto & Dietrich) 14: 250. 1846 Otto & A.Dietr.

Echinopsis scheeri Photo by: Peiffer Clement

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis pentlandii (Hook.) Salm-Dyck ex A.Dietr.
Allg. Gartenzeitung (Otto & Dietrich) 14: 250. 1846
Synonymy: 50 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis pentlandii f. cristata hort.
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis pentlandii var. longispina Rümpler in C.F.Först.
Handb. Cacteenk. (ed. 2 - Rümpler) ed. 2: 612. 1886
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis pentlandii f. variegata hort.

Cultivars (1):
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Echinopsis pentlandii group

  • Echinopsis pentlandiiEchinopsis pentlandii (Hook.) Salm-Dyck ex A.Dietr.: Small quite variable species with long spins (up to 20 cm long in some clones). The flowers are of almost any colour: red, pink, yellow or bi coloured and have a very nice contrasting throat circle.
  • Echinopsis pentlandii f. cristata hort.: Crested form, many clones available. Garden origin.
  • Echinopsis pentlandii subs. hardeniana (Boed.) G.Navarro: (Lobivia hardeniana) Older specimens produce very long spines (up to 20 cm long !!!) but younger specimens have short spines for years. Flowers multicoloured.
  • Echinopsis pentlandii subs. larae (Cárdenas) G.Navarro: has dark purple, to pink lilac flowers with a paler throat. The stems are hemispherical and quite flattened with comb shaped radial spines. Distribution: Tarata to Rio Caine, Cochabamba.
  • Echinopsis pentlandii f. variegata hort.: Colourful plants with green and yellow variegated parts.
  • Echinopsis pentlandii cv. Yellow (forma albinica) hort.: Chlorophyll-less Mutant with bright yellow stems. Garden origin.
  • Echinopsis scheeri Salm-Dyck: has dark greyish-green or tan body with a long carrot like root, thin brownish or greyish spines, and long pale orange-red flowers. Distribution: Arequipa, Peru.
  • Lobivai aculeata (Syn: Echinopsis pentlandii)Lobivia pentlandii f. aculeata (Buining) J.Ullmann: Plants covered by long stiff spines with bright purple-red flowers. Distribution: Tinquipaya, Potosi.
  • Lobivia pentlandii f. varians (Backeb.) J.Ullmann: (Lobivia varians) This form has orange flowers with a paler throat and extremely long spines (up to 25 cm long!). Distribution: Challapata to Potosí, Potosí.

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Echinopsis scheeri Photo by: Peiffer Clement
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