Found by Karel Kníže at Junacas, Tarija, Bolivia at an altitude of 3000m in the mid-1970s. It is a bit

This is the type plant of Aylostera heliosa.

Apologies for the picture quality. I will replace when they next flower. This photograph shows several Aylostera heliosa ssp. heliosa

Listed incorrectly in some places as Aylostera knizei VZ182.

Given the name Mediolobivia leucanthema var. cocciniflora VS320a when found at Rio Honda, south west Suquistaca, Nor Cinti, Chuquisaca, Bolivia,

Note that PM188 was described as Aylostera heliosa ssp. condorensis. The plant shown here is clearly A. heliosa ssp. cajasensis,

Two different forms of this plant; the darker one is more in line with the original description.