the passion for cacti and other succulents ISSN 2285 – 3987 26 2020 the passion for cacti and other succulents summary 26 3 · Editorial 26 | Dag 4 · Abstract în limba română | Xerophilia 5 · Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus (Lem.) K.Schumann | Juan Miguel Artigas Azas To be continued! ¡Continuará! Va urma! Founders: Eduart Zimer • Dag Panco • Valentin Posea Supporter • Mihai Crisbășanu Editor: Dag Panco Editorial team's e-Mail: [email protected]. Graphic layout based on Andrea Cattabriga's pattern. EN edition • Eduart Zimer All rights reserved – no part of this publication may be reproduced in any forms SP edition & Field researches • Pedro Nájera Quezada or by any means, without written permission of the Editor. All copyrighted Photo edition • Valentin Posea photographs have been used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 PR & Graphic • Dag Panco International license. Front cover Back cover Mammillaria saboae ssp. haudeana, Echinofossulocactus lloydii, Yecora, Sonora, Mexico. 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SperămWe hope ca that acest this sistem system sa satisfacă will satisfy mai more mult decâtthan the așteptarea expectation a ceva of care a magazine pare că nuthat vrea does sa mainot seemapară. to want to appear. ȘiAnd tocmai specifically din cauza because acestei of this așteptări, expectation, va June 2020 mulțumimwe want thank pentru you fidelitate! for your loyalty! summary EditorialEditorial 33 -- XEROPHILIA • Volume IX, No. 1 (26), 2020 | ISSN 2285-3987 ABSTRACT - scurtă sumarizare a articolelor Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus (Lem.) K.Schumann pagina 5 Juan Miguel Artigas Azas summary summary Cunoscut autor al mai multor articole, apărute în paginile noastre, Juan Miguel Artigas Azas revine cu o fișă deosebit de interesană despre o specie care, oricât ar fi de cunoscută, rămâne totuși dorită de oricare colecționar de cactuși: Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus. Cu stilul sau clar, precis și lipsit de cu- vinte inutile, autorul face a siteză a principalelor aspecte legate de această specie, care fascinează, atât botaniștii, cât și colecționarii, de mai bine de un secol și jumătate. Citind articolul, veți găsi elemente interesante despre istoricul introducerii speciei, taxonomia acesteia, arealul si biologia ei, situația spe- ciei în habitat și desigur, nu sunt uitate nioci sfaturile de cultură. summary Romanian Editorialabstract 44 -- XEROPHILIA • Volume IX, No. 1 (26), 2020 | ISSN 2285-3987 Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus (Lem.) K.Schumann summary summary Die natürlichen Planzenfamilien, Nachträge zum II-IV Teil, S. 259, (1897). Lemaire, Charles Antoine. 1844. Anhalonium kotschoubeyanus. L’Horticulteur Universel, Journal Général des Jardiniers et Amateurs. 6: 63. June 5 2020 Juan Miguel Artigas Azas webb: www.juanartigas.org Text and photos by the author 1 - Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus growing in habi- tat in San Luis Potosi. he diminutive living rock cactus This plant hides so well that if not during the Ariocarpus kostchoubeyanus must right time of the year they may be completely be one of the most elusive of the invisible to the observer. But in their finding, cactus species, an elusiveness that one can appreciate their unlikely and delicate guarantees its survival hidden form that is as unique as beautiful. and protected from predators in In this article I intend to summarize the a harsh desert environment, while knowledge about the taxonomy, distribution providing the plant with a unique mostly free and habitat, biology and conservation of Tof competition ecosystem. The small footprints Ariocarpus kostchoubeyanus. In addition to the of this plant, barely visible, just sometimes, are information in literature, I offer a very small properly referred locally as “pezuña de venado” contribution with my own field experience with (deer hoof) or “pata de venado” (deer foot). this wonderful cactus. summary Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus 55 -- XEROPHILIAXEROPHILIA •• VolumeVolume IX,IX, No.No. 11 (26),(26), 2020 | ISSN 2285-3987 According to Lemaire (1845:63), Karwinsky collected three specimens of A. kotschoubeyanus, which he sent to Kotschubei, then Russian Minister of Internal Affairs (ac- cording to Schumann 1898:544) and his benefactor; the account goes that prince Kotschubei kept one of the spe- cimens for himself; sent one to the Botanical Garden in St. Petersburg; and the third one he sold to the French plant collectors Cels brothers in Paris, at the unbelievable price summary summary of 1,000 francs (Schumann, 1898:544), a price described as far exceeding its price weight in gold. Using an online calculator (www.historicalstatistics.org) I obtained that in recent (2015) money that sum accounts for about $5,182 US dollars. It is in the Cels brothers’ catalog the plant de- 2 - Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus growing in habi- scription was supposed to have been published by Lemaire. tat in San Luis Potosi. A rather conflicting account of the later is given by Schu- mann (1898: 544 referencing Lemaire 1863:42) when he mentions that Karwinsky collected three specimens of A. kotschoubeyanus in San Luis Potosi in 1842, which he sent Taxonomy to Europe: one of the plants to Kotschubei (not the three of Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus was described as Anhalonium them); one to the Botanical Garden in St. Petersburg; and kotschoubeyanum in 1844 by Charles Antoine Lemaire the third one he sold to the Cels brothers at 1,000 francs. (1800-1871), a French botanist and botanical author noted Lemaire (1863:42) mentioned that two specimens were for his publications on Cactaceae. The genus of choice An- sold at a price of 1,000 francs a piece, without further ela- halonium had been described by Lemaire himself in 1839