The Passion For Cacti and Other Succulents: June 2017
The Passion For Cacti and Other Succulents: June 2017
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3 · Editorial 21 | Eduart
4 · Xerophilia 21's Favorite Quote | Xerophilia
5 · The Thelocactus rinconensis complex | Rodrigo H. González G.
55 · Navajoa peeblesiana in habitat | Stefan Nitzschke & Carmen Bechara
65 · Mammillaria bombycina Quehl | Helmut Rogozinski
75 · Notes on Mammillaria aff. candida SB 827 | Elton Roberts
89 · Leuchtenbergia principis Hook. | Juan Miguel Artigas-Azas
99 · Tephrocactus geometricus (A.Cast.) Backeb - part 2. | Robert Bader
107 · Mexican wilderness trough the eyes of an artist. | Leo Rodriguez
123 · Ant-plants of the Solomon Islands Archipelago | Derrick Rowe
131 · Online journals | Xerophilia
132 · Online journals - Huitzilopochtli - Link to the Cactus Explorer website| Xerophilia
133 · Online journals - The Chileans - Link to the Cactus Explorer website | Xerophilia
134 · Abstract în limba română | Xerophilia
136 · Cactus Tour Mexico | Xerophilia
137 · Sedum e Petrosedum | Xerophilia
138 · Interesting offer of cacti seeds from South America | Xerophilia
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complex
Rodrigo H. González G. - e-Mail: [email protected]
Museo del Desierto, Departamento de Investigación, Carlos Abedrop Dávila #3745, Nuevo Centro Metropolitano de Saltil-
lo, C.P. 25022, Saltillo, Coahuila, México
A
t 40 km west of the city
of Monterrey, close to the
highway to Saltillo, there
is a small town named
Rinconada, Nuevo León.
This is a relatively new
Hacienda de Rinconada - arches of the main town as it is known today
gate. Moorish architecture influence. that the first settlements
were established here in 1583. It is a small
town having today less than 500 inhabi-
tants.
Two relevant events have taken place in
Rinconada N.L. The first one, in 1922, is
Photos on this page by Rodrigo H. González G.
sification, rather than looking for differences be- these two considered subspecies?
tween individuals of the same species, we are The author of this article can almost assure that
seeking for similarities. these intermediate populations are either un-
By studying the wild populations, we will be able known or are not taken completely into account in
to realize the possible distribution patterns of the order to determine a taxonomic place or category,
species over time, and the succession of changes even less if, as discoverer, one has the illusion or
in the morphology of individuals along the differ- motivation to recognise a new taxon that would
ences in altitude, temperature, soil type, pollina- carry the name of its discoverer.
tors and, of course, understand the mechanisms Many times we seek to find the greatest possi-
of seed distribution. ble differences among individuals in a population
This work, through the study of wild populations with mere commercial purposes.
known for the T. rinconensis complex, aims to give The author of this article is convinced of the
arguments to recognize idea that if breeding
or ignore what many lines between individu-
authors have called sub- als of relatively close
species or varieties for populations, whether for
members of the complex important geographical
Thelocactus rinconensis. distances, orographic or
In principle, the author mechanical barriers, are
of this article, starts from not interrupted, should
the appreciative idea not be considered as
that if there is no repro- subspecies, even when
ductive isolation, several apparently their mor-
of the subspecies should pho-physiological cha-
not be considered as racteristics make them
being subspecies, but 1 look very different from
rather they are varieties each other.
or forms of the species. Examples: Thelocac-
Only few of the taxonomic works are based on tus rinconensis ssp. rinconensis and Thelocactus
true field investigations. Much of it is comparative rinconensis ssp. freudenbergeri. Although their
bibliographical work, revisions of herbarium speci- populations grow relatively close, even less than
mens, illustrations elaborated during the scientific 2 km apart, they are plants with many morpho-
expeditions that have been happening since the logical differences. With a high probability it can
eighteenth century or, be ensured that they do
more recently, based on 2 not reproduce with each
the photographic com- other due to the exis-
parison of specimens tence of an important
collected and repro- orographic barrier sepa-
duced in private collec- rating the two popula-
tions in Europe for more tions (Manuel Salazar G.
than 100 years. in Xerophilia-Anul I, nr.
If we visit the wild 3 (3) - Decembrie 2012
populations near the ISSN-3987). It would be
type locality, Rinconada very interesting to have
NL (600 metres above knowledge of reproduc-
sea level) and then we tive testimony between
go to the known popu- both subspecies in labo-
lations of T. rinconen- ratory conditions.
sis fma. nidulans (1450 Astrophytum ornatum
Photos on this page by Rodrigo H. González G.
masl) west of Saltillo, we will find that there is a and Astrophytum coahuilensis are species being
vast difference between the individuals of both morphologically very similar to each other, how-
populations. The same happens if from the type ever, neither in nature nor in laboratory condi-
locality we travel 45 km south of Saltillo near Ar- tions can be reproduced, are two completely dif-
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teaga, Coahuila, (almost at 2,000 masl) to visit the ferent species currently isolated by an important
populations of T. rinconensis fma. phymathothelos geographic distance.
(photo 1), where the plants are less than 10 cm It is the same as in T. rinconensis ssp. hintonii
in diameter and growing flush with the earth, that grows isolated, more than 100 km away from
very much different from the known forms of T. the populations of T. rinconensis, also growing in
rinconensis ssp. rinconensis (photo 2). the heart of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain
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cal form of T. rinconensis ssp. rinconensis to a typi- separating this subspecies from the complex,
cal form of T. rinconensis fma. nidulans , following such as the works published in Bradleya 18: 45-
logical distribution patterns over relatively short 70 January 2000 “A phenetic analysis of the genus
distances, that is to say, there are very probably Thelocactus”, where it is verified that T. rinconensis
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mechanisms of reproduction between them. The ssp. multicephalus has a single hypodermic layer
same happens with the populations of T. rinco- and all others in the complex have a multilayered
nensis ssp rinconensis with respect to the so-called hypodermis.
ssp. phymatothelos where altitude and therefore
the climate, undoubtedly plays an important role * Intermediary populations: the studied populations be-
in its morpho-physiological differentiation but it tween the type localities of both subspecies.
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Pavlíček & Zatloukal - Kaktusy (Brno) 40(1): 11 • Thelocactus lophothele ssp. hintonii Matusz.,
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(5-13; figs.). 2004. - as ssp. rinconensis fma. pa- Thelocactus 177 (2011).
lomaensis. • Thelocactus rinconensis ssp. multicephalus
• Thelocactus lophothele ssp. palomaensis Matusz., (Halda & Panarotto) Luethy, Kakt. and Sukk. 50:
Thelocactus 188 (2011). 80 (1999).
• Thelocactus rinconensis ssp. icamolensis Halda • Thelocactus multicephalus Halda & Panarotto,
& Kupcak, Acta Mus. Richnov. Sect. natur. 7: 75 Acta Mus. Richnov. Sect. natur. 5: 40 (1998).
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Comparative table with some morpho-physiological characteristics
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Central Radial
Name Description Flower Alt.
spine spine
Stem semiglobous-
flattened (5-15 cm 3-4 sometimes 5, the 800-
Thelocactus rinconensis Yellow-white,
height - 8-30 cm lower descending, usually no 1200
ssp. rinconensis slightly pink
diam.) olive green the longest, 4-8 cm long m
color
Stem semiglobous-
Thelocactus rinconensis
flattened (5-10 cm 3-4, straight to slightly White with a 1300-
ssp. rinconensis
height - 5-15 cm curved, 2-5 cm long no pink discer- 1400
fma. phymatothelos
diam.) glaucous gray nible midline m
Ojo Caliente
color
Stem depressed (4
Thelocactus rinconensis 2-3, 1-2 cm long,
cm height - 10cm 1600-
ssp. rinconensis curbed, generally con- White, slightly
diam.) glaucous gray no 2000
fma. phymatothelos centrated at the apex pink
color, purple tuber m
Arteaga and eventually lost
tips
Stem semiglobous- 3-5, 4-8 cm straight No,
Thelocactus rinconensis flattened (8-35cm black to light brown, occa-
750-
ssp. rinconensis height - 8-40 cm slightly curved, lower siona- White or yelow
800 m
El Barreal diam.) olive green descen-ding spine, lly 2-4
color usually the longest
3-4 sometimes 5, 4-5
cm long, light gray-
brown color, the des-
Stem semiglobous- cending lower usually
flattened (5-20 cm the longest, with
Thelocactus rinconensis Occa- 1400-
height - 5-30 cm the age their spines
ssp. rinconensis fma. siona- White 1500
diam.) olive green are disintegrated in
nidulans lly 2-4 m
color irregular filaments and
they are not lost giving
a bird’s nest (nido)
appearance, hence the
“nidulans” name
Stem semiglobous- 3-4 sometimes 5, 4-8
Thelocactus rinconensis flattened (5-20 cm cm long, curved, brown
3-6 1150-
ssp. rinconensis height - 5-30 cm chestnut color, few Pink to
very 1300
fma. palomaensis & diam.) gray olive times the descendant deep-magenta
short m
fma. “paila” green color lower generally the
longest
Stem semiglobous
3-4 sometimes 5, 4-5 No,
to globose flattened
cm long, curved, dark occa- 1550-
Thelocactus rinconensis and usually caespi-
brown, the descendant siona- White-yellow 1700
ssp. multicephalus tose (5-15 cm height
lower generally the lly 2-4 m
- 8-20cm diam.) gray
longest
olive green color
6-8, very thin, 2-7 cm
Stem globose slightly length it could be said
6-7
flattened (8-15 cm to have only one well
Thelocactus rinconensis strait, 850-
height - 10-20cm defined central spine, Magenta
ssp. freudenbergeri 1-6 cm 950 m
diam.) green color the others appear ra-
long
dial, the lower slightly
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(Poselger) Britton & Rose, Cact. 4: 7 (1923) a horticultural selection. So far, field researches
in Icamole show the same already cited normal
ssp. rinconensis color variation in the flowers of the complex
Icamole Rinconensis, but no dark purple at all.
From six years, the author, organize the ICA
Desert MTB in Icamole, N.L. and vicinities - a well
known mountain bike race. Working on the tracks
Thelocactus rinconensis ssp. icamolensis Halda for the race, and prospecting the hills around the
& Kupcak has been described in 2000*. Since town, the author has tried to identified the so called
then until today, no one could find the dark “icamolensis” at home. In vain! He has find only the
purple (atropurpurea) flowering subspecies in ordinary Thelocactus rinconensis ssp. rinconensis.
its habitat. As mentioned, the variation of the The photos on these four pages are from all
flower colors in the complex Rinconensis is not a around Icamole, where Grzegorz Matuszewski
constant. it can be yellow for the spp. rinconen- has also tried without results to find this subspe-
sis; or pink for the fma. phymatothelos; or white cies in its presumed habitat.
for the fma. nidulans; or magenta for the ssp. As you can see, there are a lot of variations in
freudenbergeri. The magenta color for “icamolen- the shape of the plants and in the color of the
sis” could be a special color in this location, even spines and the flowers... but no magenta flower.
if it is not so far from ssp. freudenbergeri loca- The conclusion: there is not even a form at all.
* “Taproot thin, ca 100 mm long; stem single, much smaller than ssp. rinconensis (up to 200 mm
across and 60mm tall); flowers small, up to 30mm long, with dark purple obovate leaflets.“ - Acta Mus.
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caca, even if plants have but only central spines, (Poselger) Britton & Rose, Cact. 4: 7 (1923)
are in fact Thelocactus rinconensis ssp. rinconensis ssp. rinconensis fma. nidulans
fma. nidulans, as its name is referring to that the
oldest thorns forming together what looks like El Chiflon
a bird nest (Latin = nidum).
For Grzegorz Matuszewski, author of these two
and of the following photos, from El Chiflon, this lophothele, in other words it is a comon T. rinco-
population is just a population of T. lophothele ssp. nensis ssp. rinconensis not a fma. “nidulans”.
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author of the text directed, e.g. LANDSCAPE CU- in an area of 10 ha. The flower color varies from
RATORS S.A. of C.V., the rescue and relocation of yellow (predominant in the area) to white, white
native plants, among them several thousand cacti, with pink median line and light pink. This varia-
was carried out. This rescue was carried out to al- tion helps to explain and understand many of the
low starting the construction work of what is cur- confusions made by those who described these
rently a golf course near the type locality. During species
this project more than 3,000 plants of Thelocactus Another interesting observation is what particu-
rinconensis ssp. rinconensis, were rescued. larly defines the T. rinconensis complex: the lower
During this work, the collected specimens were central spine is generally descending and thicker
Rescued plants
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peeblesiana Croizat
in habitat
Stefan Nitzschke
Carmen Bechara
M
y friend Carmen and I
considered spending this
year’s holiday, in the USA.
However, the planned
centre of attention was
purely touristic, with only
few pure cactus related
stops included in our
travel schedule. We already had Los Angeles
with its stars honouring Walk of Fame and the
Hollywood Sing, the casinos in Las Vegas and
a very recommendable Prince Tribute show,
the Grand Canyon and some of its breath-ta-
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bombycina Quehl
Helmut Rogozinski
with photos by Helmut Vogel
M
ammillaria bombycina,
Rog 179, reddish spines,
Sierra El Laurel/Los Ali-
sos, Aguascalientes.
In 1990, we drove from
Jalpa, Aguascalientes,
across Jaltiche de Arriba
towards Alisos, Aguas-
calientes, to find the 80 years long known M.
bombycina, which was rediscovered only a
short time before by Fitz Maurice. From far
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Aguascalientes. Aguascalientes.
All these old photos on this page are from and 1994 with a Nikon F 100, Fuji Velvia Film, 50 ASA.
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Aguascalientes. Aguascalientes.
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Mammillaria
aff. candida SB 827 Guaxcama, SLP
Elton Roberts
With supplementary photos from habitat kindly given to us, in alphabetical order, by:
Grzegorz Matuszewski, 13 photos - web: www.kaktusymeksyku.pl
Stefan Nietzschke, 12 photos - web: www.turbinicarpus.net
M
aybe some year the genus
of this plant will come in
for a landing; it has been Mammmillaria candida, Amparo, Coahuila.
listed as Neomammillaria,
Mammillaria and then in
the subgenus Mammil- 2006) says ‘Seed morphology excludes this spe-
Photo by Grzegorz Matuszewski.
loydia and the latest is the cies from Mammillaria. It may be a stabilized in-
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Here is the description from The Mammillaria Mammmillaria candida, El Barreal, Nuevo Leon.
Handbook by R.T. Craig (1963 [1945]):
Body simple and cespitose from the base and
body, globose, later cylindric, sunken at apex,
5 – 7 cm wide. Tubercles arranged in 13 and
21 spirals, pale bluish green, cylindric, nearly
clavate, obtuse at tip, with watery sap, 10 mm
long, 5 mm wide at base. Areoles round with
scant white wool, later becoming naked. Axils
with 4 – 7 white bristles to length of tubercles.
Central spines 8 – 12, 4 – 7 mm long, acicular,
little heavier than radials, straight, smooth, stiff,
white, brown at tip, middle one porrect, spread-
ing. Radial spines over 50, 5 – 9 mm long, slen-
der acicular, straight, smooth, white, horizontal
to somewhat ascending in confusion. Flowers
funnelform, near top, 20 mm long, 15 mm wide.
Outer perianth segments greenish light brown
to nearly white, rose red to brownish mid stripe,
Photos by Grzegorz Matuszewski.
It is also interesting to compare the flowers of younger plants to those of older plants. We have
here pictures of two individual flowers. The flower of the younger plant has 10 petals, the flower on
the older plant has 18 to 20 petals. It is easy to see the muddy pink midstripe up the petals. The style,
stigma and the filaments all look to be the same color of pink. But we also have exceptions; there the
colors are much lighter and the flower looks mostly white. I do have Mammillaria candida that has
white flowers. Before I got SB 827 all the Mammillaria candida plants I had seen had white flowers
with a very narrow pinkish midstripe up the petals. Not all my plants are SB 827 but also Mammillaria
candida with no collection data. Their flowers are different from that of Mammillaria candida SB 827
and also the spine clusters are much denser than what those on SB 827 are. Maybe this is why Steven
Brack has kept the plant with just a collection number on it for all these years and not given it a name.
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Mammmillaria candida, San Jose de Palmas, San Mammmillaria candida, Buenavista, San Luis
Luis Potosi. Potosi.
Mammillaria aff. candida SB827 Guaxcama, SLP is the name that is now given for the plant in the
latest seed list from Mesa Garden. If in fact the plant is enough different from Mammillaria candida,
then Steven Brack would be right in listing it as Mammillaria sp. SB 827 Guaxcama SLP for all these
years. If it is different enough someone in time will decide that it should be named even if it is a variety
of Mammillaria candida. The SLP stands for San Luis Potosi one of the Mexican states. Mammillaria
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candida comes from a large area and from four different Mexican states. One state that Mammillaria
candida grows in is San Luis Potosi. One area that is mentioned in the books for habitat of M. candida
is Cerritos SLP. Cerritos is only about 12 miles from Guaxcama. Guaxcama is in close vicinity to other
places listed where Mammillaria candida grows; specifically, south of Cerritos and west of Cerritos. So
SB 827 comes from the area where M. candida grows.
principis Hook.
W
A view from Hidalgo, a habitat of Leuchtenbergia
principis.
ve? That was what I decided at the time. It was me with its beauty. Flowers were so promiscu-
less than a year after that first sight that I got ous that quickly exposed the fact that the plant
my copy of the just newly available “The Cac- was not rare in the area, but many were found.
tus Family” book by Edward Anderson. In go- Interestingly enough rarely two clusters near
ing through the pages I stumbled (p. 395) with to each other.
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Leuchtenbergia principis, by Walter Hood Fitch, on Plate 4393, On researching the plant, it turns out
in Curtis Botanical Magazine, Volume 74, 1848. it had been described back in 1848 by
Below: One of the first pictures of the species, from The Cac-
William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), an
taceae, by N. L. Britton & J. N. Rose, volume 3, page 108, “Figu-
re 117a is from a photograph of a plant sent by Dr. Elswood English botanist who was also a skilled
Chaffey from Zacatecas, Mexico, in 1910”. botanical illustrator, as well as member
of the Royal Society. The description of
the plant comes with a beautiful illustra-
tion (Plate 4393) by Walter Hood Fitch of a
flowering individual that leaves no doubt
of its identity.
The plant is based on a thick (five to ten
cm) stem that develops over time, loo-
king as if formed by the persistent bases
of old tubercles. The tubercles are green
and triangular, and as long as 15 centi-
meters, they end in long extensions that
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neighborhood of Real del Monte [officially Min- name for a Mexican plant you should think. It
eral del Monte] in the Mexican state of Hidalgo turns out that Leuchtembergia was coined by
by the favor of John Taylor, and recognized it somebody else without telling Hooker (likely
uniqueness by describing a full monotypic John Taylor) or even misleading him, to hon-
genus for the plant. The given generic name or an amateur botanist, the late Eugène de
Leuchtenbergia was told to him to be the name Beauharnais, prince of Eichstätt and Duke of
by which the plant was known in the continent, Leuchtenberg (1781-1824), Napoleon’s step
and he willingly adopted it, although recogniz- son from his first marriage with Joséphine de
ing that he had failed to find the place where Beauharnais.
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Leuchtembergia principis is actually known as Potosí, Hidalgo and Zacatecas (Anderson, 2001)
the cactus agave, a very suitable common name but we would also have to add at least Nuevo
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which made clear to me that my early confusion León and Tamaulipas to that distribution, where
was shared by other people. It is now known I have seen the plant in a number of locations.
that it is very widespread but rare from Coahuila The International Union for the Conservation
to Hidalgo in Chihuahuan desert vegetation. It IUCN, citing a supplied report by Water Fitz-
can be found in Coahuila, Guanajuato, San Luis Maurice, extends the range to Durango.
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The IUCN lists this plant with registration I have had the opportunity to grow this plant
152572 as of Least Concern, founding the opin- from seeds and it has been a very nice experi-
ion on the extensive field experience of W.A. ence. Seeds are easy to saw in closed clear plas-
Fitz-Maurice. The same report estimates the en- tic containers by spreading some seeds on the
tire population in 500,000 individuals, although surface of a mix of humid peat moss and fine
it is not clear the methodology used for such an coarse sand. Small plants are easy and reason-
estimation. The Mexican government in how- able fast to grow in humid well lighted condi-
ever more conservative, and in the Mexican Of- tions. The plantlets make from the beginning
ficial Norm (NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2001), it is lis- beautiful copies of larger specimens. I am never
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ted under category “threatened”. I tend to agree tired to watch this plant and I eagerly wait for
with Fitz, while the plant is rare in any given loca- their yearly blossoming, which always bring to
tion, it is very widespread. For the IUCN, the cur- my memory the incredible beautiful shine of
rent main concern for the conservation of this their yellow silky-like petals, another marvel of
plant in habitat is its illegal collection. the cactus world.
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References
Anderson, Edward F., 2001, The
Cactus Family, Timber Press.
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Robert Bader
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s we have announced in Xe-
rophilia issue No.20, we con-
tinue to present the strange
Tephrocactus geometricus, in
a habitat pictorial taken on a
segment of Ruta National 60,
traversing Paso de San Fran-
cisco, in Catamarca province,
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Thephrocactus
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RB 3268
Tephrocactus geometricus fma. inermis
1820 m
27°36’54.4 S - 67°42’40 W
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RB 3269
Tephrocactus geometricus
1820 m
27°36’54.4 S - 67°42’40 W
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RB 3271
Tephrocactus geometricus
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27°38’00.1 S - 67°43’24 W
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Tephrocactus geometricus
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27°39’43.4 S - 67°45’41 W
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Tephrocactus geometricus fma. minimus
2920 m
27°44’38.1 S - 67°59’53 W
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Mexican wilderness
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Leo Rodriguez
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ometimes, wandering
in the wild means more
than anything else, al-
lowing us to see and to
enjoy all what Mother Na-
ture can offer us, and she
gives us a lot of wonder-
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Yucca in Zacatecas.
=> Not big, but delicate. And yes, beautiful! ... Mam-
millaria prezdelarosae spp. perezdelarosae.
of the
Solomon Islands
Archipelago
Derrick Rowe
M
yrmecodia tuberosa is
an extremely widespread
and variable ochlospe-
cies that currently is con-
sidered to extend from
central Vietnam south
through Indochina, the
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Ant-plants ofof
Ant-plants the Solomon
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M. tuberosa “salomonensis” – two plants with longer stems. M. tuberosa “salomonensis” - growing at soil level.
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M. tuberosa “salomonensis”.
Thus they named the variant (their word) found in the Solomon Is-
lands as Myrmecodia tuberosa ‘salomonensis’ and yes that is the correct
Latinised spelling of the trinomial. However, single quotation marks are
summary
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Squamellaria kajewskii
I visited Bougainville Island in 2011, primarily to
find and photograph among others the amaz-
ing species Hydnophytum kajewskii which thanks
to the recent fascinating study by Dr Guillaume
Chomicki et al., is now Squamellaria kajewskii.
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Much was made of the scaphoid (boat) shape of artii (sic.) Fosberg, Lloydia 3, fig5 (1940.) These are
the tuber of this species in the above report and Brass 2548 and Kajewski 2389, one collected at Be-
in Odoardo Beccari’s type illustration in Malesia rande, the other on the Berande River, (Guadalcanal
2, yet their tuber forms often vary. Certainly, on Island) the field notes indicate a plant with branches
Bougainville Island a number of specimens that I pendulous from a tumid (swollen) stock inhabited by
photographed had quite rotund tubers as did one great numbers of small brown ants; the branches are
particularly massive thus venerable specimen. more than a meter long. Kajewski describes the fruit
See page 48 onward, in Xerophilia Special Issue as cream-colored, thickest at the base, tapering to a
No. 3 - January 2014. blunt point 8 mm. long 3 mm. in diameter.”
Here we have another of Brendon’s photo- From, Merr. & L. M. Perry. (Elmer Drew Merrill &
graphs of a windfall specimen surviving on Santa Lily May Perry) in Journal of the Arnold Arbore-
Isabel Island. It is very probably a Hydnophytum tum, vol 26, p18, (1945.)
species but it differs from the specimens of Hyd- Type Collection, Faro Island, Solomon Islands.
nophytum longistylum that I photographed on Bou- Its leaves and the presence of inhabitant ants are
gainville Island which have much rougher tubers. features shared with H. moseleyanum but Australian
See page 41 onward of Xerophilia Special Issue and New Guinea specimens, those that I am most
No. 3 - January 2014. familiar with, have red fruits and mostly a smooth
Although nothing has yet been officially pu- epidermis, except for some Cape York Peninsula
blished, there are hints on herbarium sheets that populations in the far north that have suggestions
Jebb & Huxley intend to sink a number of older of root-like ‘spines’. Yet as noted above it seems
names which includes H. longistylum into H. mose- it is to be lumped into H. moseleyanum. However,
leyanum. This will provide forms with quite mu- its muricate tuber and sometimes-tuberous roots
ricate (thorny) tubers to the particularly smooth- differ from Australian and New Guinea mainland
surfaced, almost shiny tubers seen in Australian H. examples of H. moseleyanum subsp. moseleyanum.
moseleyanum specimens. Thus this taxon and others surely show why
Thus the specimen above may be a form of keeping an accurate provenance of plants brought
H. moseleyanum; however, I suspect further field into cultivation is important.
work in the Solomon Islands may produce more
species. H. moseleyanum Becc. in Malesia
Furthermore, it now seems doubtful that Jebb Raccolta 2, p150, (1885). (See also)
& Huxley’s revision of Hydnophytum will ever be Type, Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, on the
published. Modern research using genetics has equator north of New Guinea Island.
probably made their work obsolete as has been Solomon Islands collection.
shown by Dr Guillaume Chomicki’s above work on Synonyms. When finally published some of
Squamellaria. these may have infra generic status:
H. brassii, S. Moore
H. longistylum Becc. (Odoardo Beccari) H. camporum S. Moore
in Malesia Raccolta 2, p152, (1885.) H. forbesii Hook f. (A very rough surfaced form.)
“Epiphytic on beach trees, common, stems numerous H. longistylum Becc.
on a large tuberous base, irregular in form and vary- H. mindanaense Elmer
ing greatly in size, with an uneven muricate (covered H. oblongum (Benth) Becc.
with short, sharp points) surface pierced by nume- H. papuanum Becc. (See Forster, P. I. in Illustra-
rous entrance-holes of the small brown ants which ted Handbook of Succulent Plants: Dicotyledons,
inhabit it. Stems 1 m or more long, often galled (?) p435, 2002.)
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the nodes swollen; leaves very thick and fleshy, the H. robustum Rech.
veins obscure (visible when dry); flowers white; fruit H. stewartii Fosberg,
yellow, (?) about 9 mm. long, 4 mm. diameter, with H. moseleyanum Becc. var. agatifolium (Val.) com.
two large white seeds enclosed in mucilaginous pulp. nov., Jebb & C. R. Huxley in press. (See # 2 & 3 of
From Guadalcanal Island, there are two collections, the following herbarium sheets.) Synonym H.
which in all details agree with Hydnophytum Stew- agatifolium Val.
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newsletter published by David
Hunt since March 2009. This
journal started to be published
few years after finalizing the
immense amount of work put into
The New Cactus Lexicon. There
are only 11 editions published so
far, in sequential page numbering,
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Graham Charles has introduced a
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Last issue March 2017.
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The Chileans
is a journal dedicated to South American cacti rers such as Ritter, Horst, or Buining. The group
published by a group founded in 1965, founded was in fact very active and weekly meetings
by John Donald, David Whiteley and Harry Mid- were held, where talks were given by members,
dleditch. The aim was to exchange informa- followed by discussions. The weekly meetings
tion, share photographs and allow to exchange were held until 2003. With the mid-1970’s The
plants. The journal started to be published in Chileans appeared once or twice a year, and
1966, in a time when more information was with 1985 (excepting for two editions in 2006)
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becoming available and access to remote habi- only once a year. Graham Charles was involved
tats was much easier than in previous decades. in the production of the journals since 1994. He
Very popular, the journal was appearing several has introduced two links on his The Cactus Ex-
times a year and included exquisite information plorers website allowing free access to digitized
on new species just discovered by explo- versions of this bibliographical marvel!
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Complexul T. rinconensis este unul dintre cele mai fascinante din cadrul genului Thelocactus. Forma
plantelor, dimensiunile și dispunerea spinilor, variațiile de culoare ale epidermei, florile, caracteristi-
cile de sol pe care cresc plantele în habitat, toate aceste elemente au fascinat colecționarii, de când
a apărut specia și până azi. Textul prezintă opinia biologului Rodrigo H. Gonzalez G. asupra modului
cum ar trebui să fie clasați membrii complexului. Mai mult de 80 de fotografii completează textul.
La al treilea articol în paginile Xerophiliei, prietenul nostru din Germania, ne împărtășește atât mo-
mentul când a găsit Navajoa peeblesiana, cât și câteva fotografii ale acestor plante care cresc într-un
habitat, cu spărturi de pietre și stânci rotunjite, mărturii ale ultimelor glaciațiuni.
Încă o foarte interesantă prezentare, care vine în completarea articolului din numărul trecut.
Notele lui Elton Roberts au devenit un serial neîntrerupt despre cultura unor specii, ajutând redacția
să-și îndeplinească unul din scopuri: să ofere cititorilor ei, materiale și puncte de vedere diferite privind
îngrijirea cactușilor și suculentelor. Materialul este însoțit de o frumoasă galerie de poze din habitat.
După articolul său despre Mammillaria bombycina, în acest număr autorul ne prezintă, așa cum
spune el însuși, o specie ciudată: cactusul agavă.
Așa cum anunțam, în numărul trecut, la articolul lui Elton Roberts despre cultura T. geometricus,
continuăm în acest număr cu prezentarea speciei, în habitat: patru locații ale lui Robert Bader.
Leo Rodriguez
Mai cunoscut cititorilor români prin seria de gravuri pe care le-a creat special pentru Xerophilia și
care v-au fost prezentate, cu trei ani în urmă, ocazie cu care, datorită succesului au fost repede epui-
zate, Leo Rodriguez ne prezintă, în numărul de față, o serie de fotografii făcute în excursiile sale.
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Un alt grupaj de fotografii și de texte, aparținând unui autor care are expertiză și autoritate în do-
meniu: Myrmecodia, Squamellaria, Hydnophytum...
Huitzilopochtli »»» un link spre site-ul The Cactus Explorer pagina 132
The Chilean »»» un link spre site-ul The Cactus Explorer pagina 133
Cele două linkuri de mai sus vă vor îndrepta spre o pagină a site-ului susmenționat permițându-vă
să accesați o serie de 11 broșuri editate de David Hunt despre genul Mammillaria (primul) și o serie de
73 de linkuri către o publicație consacrată cactușilor din Chile (al doilea).
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