Origin and Habitat: Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

• Echinopsis aurea subs. shaferi f. monstruosa cristata hort.
• Lobivia shaferi f. monstruosa cristata hort.

• Echinopsis aurea Britton & Rose
• Hymenorebutia aurea (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter
• Lobivia aurea (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
• Lobivia shaferi subs. aurea (Britton & Rose) E.Herzog
• Pseudoechinopsis aurea (Britton & Rose) W.R.Abraham
• Pseudolobivia aurea (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
• Salpingolobivia aurea (Britton & Rose) Y.Itô
• Echinopsis ancastii
• Lobivia ancastii
• Echinopsis aurea var. albiflora (Rausch) J.Ullmann
• Echinopsis fallax var. albiflora (Rausch) J.G.Lamb.
• Lobivia aurea var. albiflora Rausch
• Lobivia shaferi var. albiflora (Rausch) E.Herzog
• Echinopsis aurea var. callochrysea (F.Ritter) J.Ullmann
• Echinopsis fallax var. callochrysea (F.Ritter) J.G.Lamb.
• Hymenorebutia aurea var. callochrysea F.Ritter
• Lobivia aurea var. callochrysea (F.Ritter) Rausch
• Echinopsis aurea var. catamarcensis (F.Ritter) J.Ullmann
• Echinopsis fallax var. catamarcensis (F.Ritter) J.G.Lamb.
• Hymenorebutia aurea var. catamarcensis F.Ritter
• Lobivia aurea var. catamarcensis (F.Ritter) Rausch
• Echinopsis aurea var. cylindrica (Backeb.)
• Echinopsis fallax var. cylindrica (Backeb.) J.G.Lamb.
• Hymenorebutia aurea var. cylindrica (Backeb.) F.Ritter
• Lobivia cylindrica Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
• Pseudoechinopsis cylindrica (Backeb.) W.R.Abraham
• Salpingolobivia cylindrica (Backeb.) Y.Itô
• Echinopsis aurea var. depressicostata (F.Ritter) J.Ullmann
• Echinopsis fallax var. depressicostata (F.Ritter) J.G.Lamb.
• Hymenorebutia aurea var. depressicostata F.Ritter
• Lobivia aurea var. depressicostata (F.Ritter) Rausch
• Echinopsis aurea var. dobeana (Dölz) J.Ullmann
• Cereus huascha var. rubriflorus Speg. non F.A.C.Weber
• Echinopsis dobeana (Dölz) J.G.Lamb.
• Lobivia aurea var. dobeana (Dölz) Rausch
• Lobivia dobeana Dölz
• Echinopsis aurea var. elegans
• Lobivia aurea var. elegans Backeb.
• Pseudoechinopsis aurea f. elegans (Backeb.) W.R.Abraham
• Pseudolobivia aurea var. elegans Backeb.
• Echinopsis aurea subs. fallax (Oehme) M.Lowry
• Echinopsis aurea var. fallax (Oehme) J.Ullmann
• Echinopsis fallax (Oehme) Friedrich
• Lobivia aurea var. fallax (Oehme) Rausch
• Lobivia fallax Oehme
• Lobivia shaferi subs. fallax (Oehme) E.Herzog
• Pseudoechinopsis aurea var. fallax (Oehme) W.R.Abraham
• Pseudolobivia aurea var. fallax (Oehme) Backeb.
• Echinopsis aurea var. grandiflora (Backeb.)
• Lobivia aurea var. grandiflora Backeb.
• Pseudoechinopsis aurea f. grandiflora (Backeb.) W.R.Abraham
• Echinopsis aurea var. lariojensis (F.Ritter) J.Ullmann
• Hymenorebutia aurea var. lariojensis F.Ritter
• Echinopsis aurea f. luteiflora (Backeb.)
• Lobivia shaferi f. luteiflora (Backeb.) E.Herzog
• Pseudolobivia luteiflora Backeb.
• Echinopsis aurea var. mizquiensis
• Lobivia mizquiensis
• Echinopsis aurea var. quinesensis Rausch
• Echinopsis quinesensis (Rausch) H.Friedrich & Glaetzle
• Hymenorebutia quinesensis (Rausch) F.Ritter
• Lobivia aurea var. quinesensis (Rausch) G.D.Rowley
• Lobivia shaferi var. quinesensis (Rausch) E.Herzog
• Pseudoechinopsis aurea var. quinesensis (Rausch) W.R.Abraham
• Echinopsis aurea var. rubriflora (E.Herzog)
• Lobivia shaferi var. rubriflora E.Herzog
• Echinopsis aurea subs. shaferi (Britton & Rose) M.Lowry
• Echinopsis aurea var. shaferi (Britton & Rose) Rausch
• Echinopsis fallax var. shaferi (Britton & Rose) Lamb.
• Echinopsis shaferi Britton & Rose
• Lobivia aurea var. shaferi (Britton & Rose) Rausch
• Lobivia shaferi Britton & Rose
• Pseudoechinopsis aurea var. shaferi (Britton & Rose) W.R.Abraham
• Salpingolobivia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Y.Itô
• Echinopsis aurea subs. shaferi f. monstruosa cristata hort.
• Lobivia shaferi f. monstruosa cristata hort.
• Echinopsis aurea subs. shaferi f. monstruosa hort.
• Lobivia shaferi f. monstruosa hort.
• Echinopsis aurea var. sierragrandensis (Rausch) J.G.Lamb.
• Lobivia aurea var. sierragrandensis Rausch
• Echinopsis aurea var. tortuosa (Rausch) J.Ullmann
• Echinopsis fallax var. tortuosa (Rausch) J.G.Lamb.
• Lobivia aurea var. tortuosa Rausch
• Echinopsis cylindracea (Backeb.) Friedrich
• Lobivia cylindracea Backeb.
• Lobivia shaferi f. cylindracea (Backeb.) E.Herzog
• Echinopsis leucomalla (Wessner) Friedrich
• Echinopsis densispina f. leucomalla (Wessner) Buining
• Hymenorebutia leucomalla (Wessner) Buining
• Lobivia aurea var. leucomalla (Wessner) Rausch
• Lobivia densispina f. leucomalla (Wessner) Buining
• Lobivia famatimensis var. leucomalla (Wessner) Backeb.
• Lobivia leucomalla Wessner
• Lobivia leucomalla var. rubispina Wessner
• Lobivia shaferi subs. leucomalla (Wessner) E.Herzog
• Pseudoechinopsis aurea var. leucomalla (Wessner) W.R.Abraham

Description: This is the cested form of the monstrous cultivar known as Echinopsis aurea subs. shaferi f. monstruosaSN|21139]]SN|21139]].
It has iregular bright-green to dull olive-green ribs with purple hues in full sun. It has only a few areoles with a short white wool. The areoles are arranged irregularly and often are fused to form peculiar horizontal lines contrasting with the stem.
Spines: Few honey-coloured to brown with darker tips, located on the few areole in groups. They can grow up to 4–25 mm long.
Flowers: Yellow and monstrous looking with short curled petals and a greenish to orangish floral tube.

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) David Hunt, Nigel Taylor “The New Cactus Lexicon” DH Books, 2006 ISBN 0953813444, 9780953813445
2) Edward F. Anderson “The Cactus Family” Timber Press, 2001
3) James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey “The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass”Cambridge University Press, 11/ago/2011
4) David Hunt, Nigel Taylor “The New Cactus Lexicon” DH Books, 2006 ISBN 0953813444, 9780953813445
5) Walter Rausch "Lobivia 85" Rudolf Herzig Vienna 1985/86 (text in German)
6) Curt Backeberg "Das Kakteenlexikon: Enumeratio diagnostica Cactacearum" Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1979 (text in German) ISBN 3437201794, 9783437201790

Cultivation and Propagation: It is easy to grow and cold hardy as low as -5°C (or less). Need a fertile, well drained soil mix. Water the plants well and allow them to dry before watering again. This cultivar seems to do better with a little more water than most cacti. In fact, its cultivation requirements are really more like 'normal' plants than most other cacti. During the growing season fertilize them monthly with a balanced fertilizer
Sun Exposure: Outside full sun, but during hot summers, the cactus are subject to sun burning, so grow them in light shade, inside needs bright light, and some direct sun.. During winter month, put them in a cool luminous place and encourage them to enter winter dormancy by withholding water and fertiliser over the winter as they will ethiolate, or become thin, due to lower levels of light. They are susceptible to fungal diseases if overwatered, but are not nearly as sensitive as many other cacti, especially in warm weather. They tend characteristically towards black rotted spots unless watering is moderate and only in hot weather, if kept damp through cold periods, they will invariably suffer.
Propagation: It can easily be multiplied from cutting. Single sections are taken off, dried and rooted. It is also grafted on strong columnar species.