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Neoporteria pulchella (F.Ritter) Ferryman
in R. & K. Preston-Mafham, Cacti: illus. dict.: 147 (1991)
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Copiapoa calderana F.Ritter
Cactus (Paris) xiv. No. 65, 197 (1959)

Neoporteria pulchella (Copiapoa calderana) Photo by: Carolina González
An exceedingly beautiful specimen with colourful spine-clusters. Obispitos, north of Caldera.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Copiapoa calderana F.Ritter
Cactus (Paris) xiv. No. 65, 197 (1959)
Synonymy: 9 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Copiapoa calderana subs. atacamensis (Middled.) Doweld
Sukkulenty et also: D.R.Hunt [or Mottram?] in: Cactaceae Syst. Init. 13: 12. 2002 [Apr 2002]
Synonymy: 2
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Copiapoa calderana group

  • Copiapoa calderana F.Ritter: Usually solitary or slowly clumping columnar cactus with dull greenish or greyish-green, not pruinose stems; Apex densely woolly. The spines hick reddish brown to black. Distribution: Caldera and adjacent areas.
  • Copiapoa calderana subs. atacamensis (Middled.) Doweld: has very spiny stems either solitary or branched. It may forms massive clumps consisting of many heads. Distribution: between Paposo and Cerro Moreno.
  • Copiapoa calderana f. cristata hort.: Crested form. Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)
  • Copiapoa calderana var. spinosior F.Ritter
  • Copiapoa lembckei Backeb.: (same as: Copiapoa calderana) In habitat it forms clusters of stems covered by a whitish grey bloom. Distribution: North of Caldera.
  • Copiapoa lembckei var. magnifica Kníže: has pale grey-green stems, with usually black to grey black spines. Distribution: Caldera.


3670 cactus-art Cactus Art
Neoporteria pulchella (Copiapoa calderana) Photo by: Cactus Art
3672 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Neoporteria pulchella (Copiapoa calderana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

3673 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Neoporteria pulchella (Copiapoa calderana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
6748 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Neoporteria pulchella (Copiapoa calderana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

3671 cactus-art Cactus Art
Neoporteria pulchella (Copiapoa calderana) Photo by: Cactus Art
8471 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
AW89 (Collector: Andreas Wessner) Caleta Obispo, Chanaral to Caldera (Copiapoa calderana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

3675 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
FK32 North of Caldera, , Copiapo, Atacama, Chile (Copiapoa calderana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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