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Frailea schilinzkyana


Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Echinocactus schilinzkyanus, Frailea concepcionensis, Frailea ignacionensis, Frailea ybatensis
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Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Notocacteae
Distribution: Argentina : Paraguay (South America)
Habit: Globose
Flower: YellowEncounterability: Unusual in Collections
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Frailea schilinzkyana
F. schilinzkyana
Picture taken at: CSSA Show at Huntington Library and Gardens, San Marino, CA

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Frailea schilinzkyana
F. schilinzkyana
Picture taken at: 2005 Intercity Show, Los Angeles Arboretum

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Frailea schilinzkyana
F. schilinzkyana
Picture taken at: Private Collection

Photographer: Joel Lode

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Frailea schilinzkyana subsp. concepcionensis


Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Echinocactus schilinzkyanus, Frailea concepcionensis, Frailea ignacionensis, Frailea ybatensis
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Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Notocacteae
Distribution: Argentina : Paraguay (South America)
Habit: Globose
Flower: YellowEncounterability: Unusual in Collections
Species Notes: Comment from Alexander Arzberger -See his photos below...
Very near to the town of Concepción (north Paraguay), you will find a vegetation area with small trees of Acacia and Mimosa. The soil is a very fine-grained clay which gets very hard when it dries and slushy after the rainfalls, also it contains some of salt.

At more shady places, under the Acacias, I've found also the interesting Frailea concepcionensis. These small cacti are very hard to find and are mostly hidden under the leaves.

Other cacti and bromeliads in this habitat are Echinopsis rhodotricha (growing up to a height of 80 cm), Harrisia martinii, H. bonplandii, Selenicereus setaceus, Monvillea cavendishii (Praecereus), Opuntia paraguayensis, O. retrorsa and, as epiphytes Rhipsalis leucorraphis and Tillandsia duratii. Many cacti grow also on carpets of Selaginella, a type of fern-moss.

The climate is mostly warm with an average temperature of 23,5 ºC. Occasionally, the south winds in the winter can drop the temperatures til 0 ºC during the night, but at day they always rise again to over 15 ºC. Most of the rain falls during the sommer months, but sometimes also in the winter. There is not a really dry season.

These cacti grow well in collections, keeping them always with a slight humidity and not in full sun. They flower from spring to autumm.
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Frailea schilinzkyana
F. schilinzkyana subsp. concepcionensis
Picture taken at: Suleyman Demir's Private Collection in Ankara, Turkey

Photographer: Suleyman
Frailea schilinzkyana
F. schilinzkyana subsp. concepcionensis
Picture taken at: Habitat near Concepción, North Paraguay

Photographer: Alexander Arzberger
Frailea schilinzkyana
F. schilinzkyana subsp. concepcionensis
Picture taken at: Habitat near Concepción, North Paraguay

Photographer: Alexander Arzberger

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