Rebutia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Rebutia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Rebutia (named for Rebut). Cactaceae. Plants very small, globular, covered with small tubercles, resembling in habit very much a mam- millaria: fl. appearing from the side and even the base of plant, large in comparison with the plant, red or orange-colored, with slender, fun- nelform tube; bracts on ovary small, naked in their axils: fr. a small beryy.-Originally described with 1 species, but a study of S. American material indicates that there may be 5 or 6 other species to be transferred here from other genera. The original species has been referred both to Echinopsis and Echinocactus, from both of which it is abundantly distinct. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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