As the name suggests, a dark-spined plant, with attractive brown or yellowish-brown spines usually sticking out from the slightly glossy,
Aylostera fulviseta (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
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Aylostera flavistyla (F. Ritter) Mosti & Papini
This is a very distinctive Aylostera, with large clumps of flattened spheroid stems with prominent tubercles, and lots of bright
Aylostera fiebrigii (Gurke) Backeb.
A species which has been in cultivation for many years, having been first described in 1905. The plant grows over
Aylostera deminuta (Weber) Britton & Rose
This species was first briefly described by Weber in 1904 (as Echinopsis deminuta), then more formally described as an Aylostera
Aylostera kieslingii (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Regarded by some as a form of Aylostera fiebrigii (as are many others). This species has distinctive almost double orange
Aylostera cajasensis (F. Ritter) Mosti & Papini
Regarded by some as a form of Aylostera fiebrigii (as are many others). Numerous red flowers with white stigmas make
Aylostera buiningiana (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Regarded by some as a form of Aylostera deminuta or Aylostera pseudodeminuta. Initially there was confusion as both Ritter and
Weingartia sp. RH1962a
Found by Ralf Hillmann at Villa Redencion Pampa, Zudanez, Bolivia, at an altitude of 2750m.
Weingartia langeri (Augustin & Hentzschel) Hentzschel & Augustin
Weingartia (Sulcorebutia) langeri was first described by Augustin and Hentzschel in Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten, 50 (8): 201-2 in 1999.
Weingartia langeri K-02
Found by Gerhard Köhres 50km south of Rio Choro, Pampa Grande, Bolivia.
Weingartia sp. RH1947a
Found by Ralf Hillmann at Mojocoya Oeste, Zudanez, Chuquisaca, Bolivia, at an altitude of 2400m.
Weingartia elizabethae (de Vries) Hentzschel & Augustin
Weingartia (Sulcorebutia) elizabethae was first noted as Sulcorebutia mojocoyensis var. elizabethae by J. deVries in 1999, and subsequently described as