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News 2016
March 30, 2016
In the new DVD of SulcoMania by Johan Pot, I have discovered two new species described in the journal Gymnocalycium. I don’t buy that journal so I really missed the news ! So, here they are !
It is Weingartia coloradensis (Gymnocalycium 25(2) 2013) (HJ 1145) and Weingartia spectabilis (Gymnocalycium 28(2) 2015) (HJ 1195).
Weingartia spectabilis HJ 1195
Weingartia coloradensis HJ 1145 (© Johan Pot -
Weingartia coloradensis HJ 1145 (© Hansjörg Jucker -
April 13, 2016
In the new issue of the journal Echinopseen Willi Gertel and Hansjörg Jucker describe a new variety : Sulcorebutia arenacea var. atroviridis.
This is what they say about this new variety : « Differs from S. arenacea v. arenacea
(data in brackets) by its dark green almost black body (more or less brownish) and
the black, later grayish spines (pale yellow). 5 pectinate spines on either side
of the areole and up to 3 directed to the ground. (6-
Field number : HJ 1290a
S. arenacea v. atroviridis HJ 1290a
December 15, 2016
A new booklet has been published by the A.I.A.S (an Italian association) : Le Sulcorebutie
della Cordillera Mandinga by A. Gentili, H.J. Jucker, G. Calestani & P. Lechner.
It
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December 19, 2016
In the new issue of K.u.a.S., Willi Gertel describes a new variety of Sulco : Sulcorebutia juckeri var. australis.
Summary of the article by Kuas : Sulcorebutia juckeri, found growing at many places on both sides of the Rio Pilcomayo, west of the Cordillera Mandinga, is reviewed in this contribution. At the time of the first description it was only known from the type locality. Due to the many habitats distributed over a vast range of altitudes the species displays an incredible variety of flower colours. Strongly offsetting plants from a rather remote location far south of all the others are described as Sulcorebutia juckeri var. australis.
S. juckeri v. australis HJ 1210
S. juckeri v. australis HJ 1210a/9
(© Hansjörg Jucker)
S. juckeri v. australis HJ 1210a/22
(© Hansjörg Jucker)