Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f. mostruosus proliferus

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Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f. mostruosus proliferus hort.

Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus (Lem. ex K.Schum.) K.Schum.
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 550. 1898 [ et: Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. [Engler & Prantl] 1: 259. 1897 ]

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f. mostruosus proliferus Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
It is a very proliferous form with thin dark heads, it is covered in tiny contrasting white woolly areole and produces a nice patch over time.

Origin and Habitat: Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

Synonyms:

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f. mostruosus proliferus hort.

See all synonyms of Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus (Lem. ex K.Schum.) K.Schum.
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 550. 1898 [ et: Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. [Engler & Prantl] 1: 259. 1897 ]
Synonymy: 27

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus (Lem. ex K.Schum.) K.Schum.

Anhalonium fissipedum Hort.Monv. ex Lem.
Anhalonium kotchubeyi Lem.
Anhalonium kotschoubeyanum Lem. ex K.Schum.
Ariocarpus rotchubeyanus Cobbold
Cactus Kotschubeyi Kuntze
Roseocactus kotschoubeyanus (Lem. ex K.Schum.) A.Berger

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus subs. albiflorus (Backeb.) Glass

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus subs. tulensis Halda
Roseocactus kotschoubeyanus var. albiflorus Backeb.

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f. cristatus hort.

Roseocactus kotschoubeyanus f. cristata hort.

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus var. elephantidens Skarupke

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus subs. elephantidens Halda

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus var. elephantidens f. cristata hort.
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus var. macdowellii (Backeb.) Krainz

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus subs. macdowellii (Backeb.) Halda
Roseocactus kotschoubeyanus subs. macdowellii Backeb.
Roseocactus kotschoubeyanus var. macdowellii (Backeb.) Backeb.

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f. monstruosus hort.
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f. mostruosus proliferus hort.
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus subs. neotulensis Halda
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f. rubra hort.
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus subs. skarupkeanus Halda & Horáček
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus subs. sladkovskyi Halda & Horáček
Ariocarpus sulcatus K.Schum.

Anhalonium sulcatum Salm-Dyck

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Description: This is an heavy clumping (monstrous) cultivar, with very small and densely branched heads. The cluster of heads never get much larger but can slowly fill a 10 cm bowl.
Stems: Basally branching from 0,5 to 1,5 cm in diameter that turns a dark green in direct sunlight.
Tubercles: The tubercles are thin deltoid dark olive green with no spines. They are more long than wide, closely packed and divergent, sharply angled apically.
Areoles: Forms a central longitudinal areolar groove extending to the tips on the adaxial surfaces of the tubercles, woolly, 1-3 mm wide, 4-7 mm long.
Roots: The cuttings form large swollen tuberose.

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus group

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus (Lem. ex K.Schum.) K.Schum.: Very flat geophyte cactus that produce small star-shaped rosettes. They in most cases don't reach more than only a few centimetres above the ground. The type species is intermediate between all the other forms and is to be found off highway 80, between El Huisache Junction and Santo Domingo.
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus subs. albiflorus (Backeb.) Glass: This is a small growing form with white flowers described in Tamaulipas.
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f. cristatus hort.: The crested form is and can get relatively large making a spectacular specimen. The appeal lies in the peculiarly-shaped tubercles plus the challenge of growing it successfully.
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus var. elephantidens Skarupke: Southerly form.They are much larger than type with larger, highly textured, triangulate tubercles, and a deep purple flower with little or no white content.
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus var. elephantidens f. cristata hort.: crested form with distinguishing much larger and highly textured, triangulate tubercles.
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus var. macdowellii (Backeb.) Krainz: This are the plants found in northern populations, they are smaller than the type, with small beak-like tubercles and pale mauve flowers, often with a high white content in the outer petals.
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f. monstruosus hort.: It foms monstrous bumped shapes, it is very courfull, the epidermis is dark green and contrasts with the large white areoles and new purple-red growth.
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f. mostruosus proliferus hort.: It is a very proliferous form with thin dark heads covered with tiny contrasting white woolly areole. Older plants will produce small cushions with hundreds of heads.
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus subs. neotulensis Halda
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f. rubra hort.: has tubercles of a bright orange-red colour due to the absence (or reduced production) of chlorophyll pigments.
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus subs. skarupkeanus Halda & Horáček
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus subs. sladkovskyi Halda & Horáček: Differs from the other red flowering A. kotschoubeyanus (that have a dull and rough epidermis) for having a smoother and shiny epidermis.

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f. mostruosus proliferus Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Older plant will produce hundreds of heads. Photo by: Cactus Art

This cultivar is often found grafted to accelerate growth as they would generally take at least a decade to reach maturity on th Photo by: Cactus Art

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f. mostruosus proliferus Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f. mostruosus proliferus Photo by: Cactus Art

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Cultivation and Propagation: The plants need deep pots to accommodate the napiform unit formed by the stem base and the rootstock , and a loose mineral soil with a well-drained substrate. They need a good amount of light, a place near the roof of the greenhouse helps drying the pot after watering. This can be done weekly during summertime, if the weather is sunny enough, with a little fertilizer added. Kept this way, plants will show a healthy, although slow growth. They are frost hardy to -10°C.

Propagation: Cuttings but plants are often grafted to accelerate growth as they would generally take at least a decade to reach maturity on their own roots, but the grafted plants are typical rather tall growing, compared with plants on their own roots that are usually very flat to the ground.

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