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Weingartia azurduyensis (Gertel, Jucker & de Vries) Hentzschel & Augustin

This fiery orange flowered small clustering plant occurs in the vicinity of Azurduy, as the name indicates, though there may

Weingartia augustinii (Hentzschel) Hentzschel & Augustin

Previously has been regarded by some as a form of Weingartia tiraquensis, W. steinbachii, W. cardenasiana or W. mentosa. This

weingartia pulchra fma. G165/18
Weingartia pulchra var. longispina G165/18

Pale flowered form, found by Wili Gertel, 20km from Zurima towards Presto, Bolivia, at an altitude of 2750m.

weingartia mentosa var. albissima HS13
Weingartia mentosa var. albissima HS13

Found by Heinz Swoboda between Mizque and Aiquile, at an altitude of 2450m.

weingartia mentosa var. albissima kk
Weingartia mentosa var. albissima KK

Un-numbered very tightly spined plant, collected by Karel Knize.

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July 16th 2022- I’m not sure if you noticed, but some new material has been gradually appearing in the Aylostera

Weingartia arenacea var. menesesii Card5532
Weingartia arenacea var. menesesii Card5532

Found by Martin Cárdenas at Naranjito, Hacienda Choro, north of Rio Cotacajes, Cochabamba, Bolivia, at an altitude of 1800m.

Weingartia arenacea var. candiae JO694
Weingartia arenacea var. candiae JO694

Found by Josef Odehnal, 2km south-east of Tiquirpaya, Ayopaya, Cochabamba, Bolivia, at an altitude of 2850m.

Weingartia arenacea WR460
Weingartia arenacea var. arenacea WR460

Found by Walter Rausch at Tiquirpaya, Cochabamba, Bolivia. Mostly found as a single-bodied spherical plant, however we have an old

Weingartia arenacea (Cárdenas) Brandt

Formerly Sulcorebutia arenacea, also found as Sulcorebutia candiae, Sulcorebutia menesesii, Sulcorebutia muschii, Sulcorebutia glomeriseta (though the latter is here regarded

Aylostera walteri description

Aylostera (Rebutia) walteri was first described by Prof. Dr. Lothar Diers in Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 40(8): pp. 186-90, in

Aylostera wahliana description

Rebutia (Aylostera) wahliana was originally described in the Dutch journal Succulenta 64(12), p.p. 257-8, by Walter Rausch in 1985. Here

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