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Geohintonia mexicana f. cristata hort.

Family: CACTACEAE

Geohintonia mexicana f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Thin (left) and wide (right) crested forms.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Geohintonia mexicana f. cristata hort.

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Geohintonia mexicana Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur.
Cact. Suc. Mex. 37: 17 (-19; figs). 1992
Synonymy: 2
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Geohintonia mexicana group

  • Geohintonia mexicana Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur.: It is a strongly ribbed cactus of unique appearance. The stem is dark green/brown covered by a glaucous/grey pruina, globose, becoming slowly columnar, up to 10 cm or more, 10 cm in diameter with a woolly apex.
  • Geohintonia mexicana f. cristata hort.: Fan shaped crests of variable appearance and size (depending on clones), the more common type has thin ribs and colourful brown-orangish dark bodies, while the thick greyish-green bodied forms (usually by seeds) are very rare.

17189 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Geohintonia mexicana f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
1980 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
- A beautiful crest grafted on a very short Opuntia compressa stock. Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

1979 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Geohintonia mexicana f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
1983 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Geohintonia mexicana f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

1986 cactus-art Cactus Art
Geohintonia mexicana f. cristata Photo by: Cactus Art
1988 cactus-art Cactus Art
Geohintonia mexicana f. cristata Photo by: Cactus Art

15272 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Geohintonia mexicana f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
17191 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Geohintonia mexicana f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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