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BOOKS
REBUTIA (including Aylostera and Sulcorebutia (C. Marsden & H.S. Jackson) 1968
At the time, many authorities were inclining strongly towards a recombination of
the 3 genera Rebutia, Aylostera and Sulcorebutia under the original name Rebutia,
and relegating Aylostera and Sulcorebutia to the rank of sub-
A 100 pages book in English (14 colour plates). You will find :
- history of the genera;
- description of the genera;
- cultivation and propagation;
- description of the species.
The chapter "cultivation and propagation" is really very interesting.
This book is no longer edited. You will have to try to find it as a second hand book. I bought mine from an English bookseller for 10 £ (about 15 €).
SULCOREBUTIA and WEINGARTIA. A Collector's Guide (John Pilbeam) 1985
A 144 pages book written in english about Sulcorebutia and Weingartia.
Illustrated
with numerous photos : 285 black and white photos 104 colour photos.
Without going into details the book provides a chapter « cultivation » quite extensive.
Much of the book is devoted to the description of the different species of Sulcorebutia
and Weingartia.
Unfortunately it is no longer edited. You'll have to find it on websites such as eBay or Amazon. I bought mine from Amazon UK as a second hand book at the price of 20 £ (about 30€).
DIE GATTUNG SULCOREBUTIA (Karl-
A 79 pages book in German illustrated with some black and white photos. You will find :
- history of the genus Sulcorebutia;
- a list of articles dealing with this genus (most of them are descriptions) in different cactophile journals;
- cultivation;
- description of the species;
- some lists of field-
numbers (WR, FR, L, Kr, KK, V).
This book is no longer edited. You will have to try to find it as a second hand book. I bought mine from a German bookseller for 22 €.
You will find in Articles a review of this book published in the Ashingtonia magazine from July 1976, written by John Donald. The book had been published in May 1976. John Donald makes some corrections ! (Read the review)
SULCOREBUTIA (Augustin -
A 180 pages book written in german very well illustrated with 159 colour photographs.
I cannot really comment the text (even if I'm sure it is very interesting) as I don't
speak german at all ! ! ! Nevertheless the Sulcorebutia's lovers will enjoy this
book at least for the beauty of its photos.
It is composed of :
- very detailed description of the various parts of the plant;
- description of various geographical areas where the Sulcos grow;
- description of species.
My copy comes from Uhlig, the famous German nursery.
You can now download it for
free here : https://www.cactuspro.com/biblio/fr:augustin_gertel_hentzschel
A SULCO GALLERY (John Pilbeam & David Hunt) 2004
A 64 pages book written in english much more recent than the previous one. It shows 228 Sulcorebutias in colour photos. For each of them, the authors indicate the field number, the place where it was collected and add a small comment.
It is a wonderful book with great photos and not very expensive (15 £ = about 23€). You can find it on John Pilbeam's website : click on the photo of the cover to go to his website.
SULCOREBUTIA 2008 (Ladislav Horacek) 2008
A 287 pages book very well illustrated with numerous coulour photographs.
± 214 pages in Czech :
- Geographical datas : species distribution maps + photos of different localities and their environment.
- Species description with one or more photos for each one (in habitat or in cultivation).
- List of field-
numbers of the author (LH) (6 pages).
± 67 pages in English with the species description without the photos. For each species, the author add some comments about the plant itself and/or about the habitat.
The classification looks a bit strange :
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I bought this book from an English bookseller for 25 £ (about 37,50 €).
DVD
In 1999, Dr. Günter Hentzschel published a recognition key for sulcorebutias (Succulenta 78 (3) 1999, p.138). They would only be able to distinguish themselves from weingartia’s by the funiculi. However, this observation proved to be invalid, leaving no formal morphological differences between the genera.
That is why classical weingartia’s and even Cintia have been included in SulcoMania, but no rebutia’s that can be clearly separated on the basis of their seeds. Though the name Weingartia is older than Sulcorebutia, the name of the project has not been changed.
It is not always possible to distinguish a taxon morphologically from other taxa. SulcoMania is based on a fictitious average plant per taxon. If 75% of the individual plants studied are more similar to this average plant than all other plants in the project, the name is printed bold.
The name is enclosed in quotation marks if there is little agreement with plants from the type locality or if no data have been collected. In the latter case, the choice of the discoverer of the population is often followed.
In SulcoMania names of species and varieties are used at the same level.”
Update : if you send back the cover of the previous version you'll only pay 10€ for the new version.
You can download the User’s Manual here :
SulcoMania 2014 -
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CACTUSDATA (Johan Pot) 2008
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a list of plants with the same name;
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a list of plants with similar characters (you can indicate the similarity rate that you need);
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a list of plants growing within a certain radius (you can indicate the radius you need);
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JOHAN POT BOLIVIA REIZEN (Johan Pot) 2007
You can buy it from the author at the price of 20 € : j.pot@tip.nl (he speaks Dutch or English).
KAKTUSY 2000 -
Special issue of the Czech journal Kaktusy (Kaktusy XXXVI -
- short history of the genus Weingartia;
- description of the plants of the « North group »;
- description of the plants of the « South group ».
Once again, I cannot judge the text as I don’t speak German ! ! !
Unfortunately I think it is now impossible to buy this journal if you are not a member
of the « Society of Czech and Slovak growers of cacti and succulents » (https://cs-
Perhaps inquire
at: http://www.cactus.cz
SULCOREBUTIEN -
An indispensable book (in German) of impeccable quality for every Sulco enthusiast
: 322 pages, 1358 colour photos (photos of the different sites and photos of numerous
clones in habitat or in cultivation).
Here are the different chapters of the book
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- The Sulcorebutia arenacea -
glomeriseta group - Sulcorebutia steinbachii
- Sulcorebutia tiraquensis
- The Sulcorebutia mentosa -
cylindrica group - The Sulcorebutia purpurea -
santiaginiensis group - The Sulcorebutia cardenasiana -
langeri group - The Sulcorebutia breviflora -
torotorensis group - The Sulcorebutia vasqueziana -
fischeriana group - The Sulcorebutia canigueralii -
pulchra group - The Sulcorebutia tarabucoensis -
rauschii group - The Sulcorebutia crispata -
tarvitaensis group - Sulcorebutia azurduyensis
- Sulcorebutia juckeri
- Sulcorebutia camargoensis
- Sulcorebutia tarijensis
- Cultivation of Sulcorebutia
- List of synonyms
This book was edited by D.K.G. (Deutsche Kakteen Gesellschaft) and was reserved for
members of this Society. It is now out of print.
KAKTUSY 2001 -
Special issue of the Czech journal Kaktusy (Kaktusy XXXVII -
- History of the genus;
- Distribution;
- Relationships;
- Variability in the genus Sulcorebutia;
- Current state and outlook for future;
- Growing Sulcorebutia in cultivation comparing conditions in habitat.
Unfortunately I think it is now impossible to buy this journal if you are not a member
of the « Society of Czech and Slovak growers of cacti and succulents » (https://cs-
Perhaps inquire
at: http://www.cactus.cz
KOMPENDIUM der Feldnummern der Gattung Sulcorebutia -
(Willy Gertel &
Wolfgang Latin) 2011
This 123 pages book written in German is a compilation of field numbers (only Sulcorebutias) of some 51 collectors. It is a quite interesting and useful database for all Sulcorebutia's lovers.
It is frequently updated. With this 2011 version it is possible to buy an electronical version on CD in PDF format ( very easy and fast searches). The price of the 2011 version with its CD is 28 € (postage included). Special price for buyers of the 6th edition.
You had to contact Willi Gertel directly to buy this book. But it is out of print today but you can download it for free here: http://www.sulcopassion.be/pdf/3262_2011.pdf
KAKTUSY 2012 -
Special issue of the Czech journal Kaktusy (Kaktusy XLVIII -
Once again, I cannot judge the text as I don’t speak German ! ! !
Unfortunately I think it is now impossible to buy this journal if you are not a member
of the « Society of Czech and Slovak growers of cacti and succulents » (https://cs-
Perhaps inquire
at: http://www.cactus.cz
PIANTE GRASSE -
(Alessandro
Gentili, Hansjörg Jucker, Gianluca Calestani & Peter Lechner) 2016
Special issue distributed with the Italian journal Piante Grasse n° 1.
This is a small book of 76 pages in Italian and English in which the authors explain some excursions in Bolivia. Many photos of landscapes and plants in the wild.
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https://www.cactus.it/speciali/581-
Not speaking Italian, I cannot find on the site if it is still possible to buy this
book.
REBUTIA, SULCOREBUTIA AND WEINGARTIA -
A 129 pages book with lots of beautiful photos (two large photos by page) and little
text.
After The New Cactus Lexicon (2006) and the CITES Cactaceae Checklist 2016
in which just a few species of those three genera were recognized, John Pilbeam wanted
with this book to show us many of those discarded names of Rebutias, Sulcorebutias
and Weingartias and also many of the recently described Sulcorebutia species.
I bought the book directly from John Pilbeam at the ELK meeting in Blankenberge (Belgium)
at the price of 55 €.
It is available on John Pilbeam’s web site.
SULCOREBUTIA 2020 (Ladislav Horáček) 2020
A 255 pages book with multiple color photos, since from page 88 to page 255 you will
only find photos!
The text is in Czech but for the new descriptions, an English text
has been added. This takes up the description of the plant (body, spines and habitat)
and the author adds "field notes".
As for the substance?
The author develops his own classification by adding his own
new descriptions. I obviously don't know these “new” plants and the photos, mostly
taken in the field, are not very meaningful.
It would take too long to list all the changes and novelties here. So if you want to go to the News page, I'll give more details on this classification.
I bought my copy from Pavel Pavlicek for 915 CZK including postage and Paypal (which equals around 36 €)
