Lophophora alberto-vojtechii Bohata, Myšák & Šnicer

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Origin and Habitat: Northern San Luís Potosí, Mexico
Altitude: 1700 metres above sea level.
Habitat: They grow on alluvial sediments (as in the case of Lophophora koehresiiSN|1766]]SN|1759]]) in a very dry environment in a flat depression seasonally flooded and almost deprived of any visible vegetation.
Ecology: During the long extreme drought, characteristic of this area (practically throughout the year) the stems of Lophophora alberto-vojtechiiSN|1759]]SN|1766]] retract and drive under the dried mud into small cavities so the plants comes to be partially or completely buried, covered with dust and leaves which protect them from the sunlight. The plants are unnoticeable. It is only in wet periods that these plants become visible as they absorb moisture and swell. The stem enlarges, pushing the photosynthetic crown above the level of the ground and bloom some weeks after the rain. In the same locality grow Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanusSN|2127]]SN|2127]], Mammillaria coahuilensisSN|20805]]SN|15100]], Coryphanta hintonii, Ferocactus steinesii, Ferocactus hamatacanthus, Mammillaria heyderiSN|15100]]SN|20805]]i, Echinocereus enneacanthusSN|7930]]SN|7930]], Ancistrocactus uncinatusSN|3476]]SN|3476]] and Opuntia bulbispinaSN|9853]]SN|9853]].

Description: Lophophora alberto-vojtechiiSN|1766]]SN|1766]] is a fascinating very cryptic, geophytic plant with a swollen subterranean root, characterized by its distinctively small size. It is by far the littlest lophophora, adult plants typically reaching just about 2 cm in diameter.
Root: Turnip-shaped, succulent, smooth, off-white to creamy yellow, solitary (or few branched) approximatively 30 mm long and 16 mm in diameter where it merges the subterranean stem.
Stem Greyish green often blushed of mauve, for the most part buried in the soil, apex barely emerging from the ground flat to somewhat convex, 10 to 50 mm in diameter (but usually less than 18 mm wide); the underground portion of the stem is cylindrical 25 or more mm long.
Ribs: Typically 5 often indistinct (occasionally up to 8)
Areoles: Not easily seen, with few wool only in new growth near apex, but wool drops off easily, so plants may appear bare.
Flowers: Several in the centre of the stem 15-35 mm wide, often larger than the diameter of the plant, tepals and style long, filaments white with yellowish orange anthers; style white; stigma yellowish (occasionally white to yellowish or pinkish). The tepals are unusually rounded at the ends, white to light pink with a distinctive darker stripe (brownish, salmon or darker violet pink) on the adaxial surface, but also visible in the outer side.
Blooming period: It produces several buds at the same time but they do not all open at once. Many plants start flowering when they are only 10 mm in diameter.
Fruit: Dry at maturity, round to more or less claviform, whitish, yellowish or pinkish.
Seeds: Black, round, 1.15-1.45 mm long and 1.0-1.45 mm wide.

 

Lophophora alberto-vojtechii (llifle.com)

 

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