Opuntia strobiliformis

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Opuntia strobiliformis A.Berger
Kakteen (Berger) 53, fig. 9. 1929
Family: CACTACEAE

= Tephrocactus articulatus var. strobiliformis (A.Berger)

Accepted Scientific Name: Tephrocactus articulatus (Pfeiff.) Backeb.
Cactus (Paris) No. 38, 249 (1953); cf. Gray Herb. Card Cat.

Opuntia strobiliformis (Tephrocactus articulatus var. strobiliformis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Spineless form with grey-green pine-cone shaped segments that turns pink in bright light. ( compare with the spiny type)

Origin and Habitat: Western Argentina

Synonyms:

Tephrocactus articulatus var. strobiliformis (A.Berger)

Opuntia strobiliformis A.Berger
Tephrocactus strobiliformis (A.Berger) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth

See all synonyms of Tephrocactus articulatus

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Tephrocactus articulatus (Pfeiff.) Backeb.
Cactus (Paris) No. 38, 249 (1953); cf. Gray Herb. Card Cat.
Synonymy: 44

Tephrocactus articulatus (Pfeiff.) Backeb.

Cereus articulatus Pfeiff.
Opuntia articulata (Pfeiff.) D.R.Hunt
Opuntia glomerata Britton & Rose non Haw.

Tephrocactus andicolus (Pfeiff.) Lem.

Opuntia andicola Hort.Angl. ex Pfeiff.
Tephrocactus neoglomeratus var. andicolus (Pfeiff.) Y.Itô

Tephrocactus articulatus var. calvus (Lem.) Backeb.

Opuntia calva Lem.
Opuntia diademata var. calva F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.
Opuntia diademata f. calva (Lem.) Schelle
Opuntia glomerata var. calva (Lem.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia turpinii var. polymorpha Salm-Dyck
Tephrocactus calvus (Lem.) Lem.
Tephrocactus diadematus var. calvus (Lem.) Backeb.

Tephrocactus articulatus var. diadematus (Lem.) Backeb.

Opuntia diademata Lem.
Tephrocactus diadematus (Lem.) Lem.

Tephrocactus articulatus var. diadematus f. inermis hort.

Tephrocactus diadematus f. inermis hort.

Tephrocactus articulatus var. inermis (Speg.) Backeb.

Opuntia diademata var. inermis Speg.
Opuntia glomerata var. inermis (Speg.) G.D.Rowley

Tephrocactus articulatus var. oligacanthus (Speg.) Backeb.

Opuntia diademata var. oligacantha Speg.
Opuntia glomerata var. oligacantha (Speg.) G.D.Rowley

Tephrocactus articulatus var. ovatus (Pfeiff.) Backeb.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. papyracanthus (tubercled type) hort.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. papyracanthus (Phil.) Backeb.

Opuntia glomerata f. papyracantha (Phil.) A.Cast.
Opuntia papyracantha Phil.
Tephrocactus papyracanthus hort.

Tephrocactus articulatus var. polyacanthus (Speg.) Backeb.

Opuntia diademata var. polyacantha Speg.
Opuntia glomerata var. polycantha (Speg.) G.D.Rowley

Tephrocactus articulatus var. strobiliformis (A.Berger)

Opuntia strobiliformis A.Berger
Tephrocactus strobiliformis (A.Berger) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth

Tephrocactus articulatus var. syringacanthus (Pfeiff.) Backeb.

Cereus syringacanthus Pfeiff.
Opuntia syringacantha (Pfeiff.) K.Schum.
Tephrocactus articulatus f. syringacanthus (Pfeiff.) F.Ritter

Tephrocactus turpinii (Lem.) Lem.

Opuntia turpinii Lem.

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Description: Segmented succulent slowly growing up to up to 30 cm
Segment: Small pine-cone shaped that are loosely attached to each other and fall easily.
Flowers: White, 5cm long.
Fruit: Brown.
RemarksThe white flowers made a nice contrast to the earth-tone colours of the plant.

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Tephrocactus articulatus group

Tephrocactus andicolus (Pfeiff.) Lem.
Tephrocactus articulatus (Pfeiff.) Backeb.: Small branching shrublet. Segments, fragile, subglobose to short cylindrical, sometimes like a string of beads. Spines 1-4, or absent, flattened, flexible, up to 10 cm long and 4 mm wide or more.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. diadematus f. inermis hort.: Cool looking pine-cone-like plant without spines and irritating glochids. The segment generally grow longer and narrower than the standard Tephrocactus articulatus.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. ovatus (Pfeiff.) Backeb.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. papyracanthus (tubercled type) hort.: Has raised conical tubercles.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. papyracanthus (Phil.) Backeb.: has broad, raffia like, conspicuous, flattened spines which are not spines but thin ribbon like processes, and vary much as to their colour, markings, and length.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. strobiliformis (A.Berger): Spineless form with grey-green pine-cone shaped segments that turns pink in bright light.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. syringacanthus (Pfeiff.) Backeb.
Tephrocactus turpinii (Lem.) Lem.

Photo and © copyright by Mladen Turcinovic (Croatia) (Tephrocactus articulatus var. strobiliformis) Photo by: Cactus Art

Opuntia strobiliformis (Tephrocactus articulatus var. strobiliformis) Photo by: Cactus Art

Opuntia strobiliformis (Tephrocactus articulatus var. strobiliformis) Photo by: Cactus Art

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Cultivation and Propagation: It is easy to grow but usually couldn’t get very tall as segment kept falling apart. It is fairly cold resistant and hardy to -9°C depending on the clone, Need full sun, (with insufficient illumination stems get thinner as a result of the lack of sun) The main growing period is spring. It might produce some new segments in the autumn too. Needs good drainage.
Propagation: Propagation is through segment cuttings, or occasionally seeds. Cuttings, it suckers profusely and is very easy to grow by just knocking off one of the 'cones' and stuffing it in the ground.
Note: The little glochids at the areoles are quite a nuisance, and it is best to use gloves to handle this plant.

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