Miscellaneous Pictures of Cacti


Austrocephalocereus lehmannianus		Discocactus crystallophilus

Austrocephalocereus lehmannianus (Werd.) Backbg. is a species from Brazil about which there has been much confusion. Both this and the species now known as Coleocephalocereus goebelianus were both originally described as Cephalocereus purpureus by different botanists (Vaupel and Werdermann). The species illustrated here has been transferred to various genera over the years and does not fit very well with the type species of Austrocephalocereus which is (or was) A.dybowskii. A.dybowskii has been moved by some botanists to a new genus Espostoopsis.

The slide illustrated above was made some twenty years ago by Brian Chudleigh of New Zealand and shows his plant in full flower.

The Discocactus photo was made and put on the web by James Pickering, a cactus enthusiast who lives in Tucson.
His web site has vast quantities of interesting material on Brazilian cacti and their cultivation. Especially relevant to this photo is his webpage on cultivation of Discocacti.

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