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Geohintonia

Etymology -Named in honor of its discoverer George S. Hinton.
Geohintonia is a genus of just a single species. It is a very distinct in appearance � quite unlike any other cacti. The body of these plants are globose to somewhat columnar when older. The have around 20 very prominent ribs with flat sides that looking almost like cooling fins on a circular radiator. The body color of the plants is a frosty, blue-grey. The edges of the ribs are dotted with white areole bearing flexible short spines at the top of the plant and scars where areoles later fall off further down the ribs. Flowers come from the wooly apex and are dark pink, funnelform with yellow stamens and a white stigma.

In the wild, Geohintonia is found in only one location in Nuevo Leon where it grows on steep cliffs of pure gypsum. The popularity of this plant and limited natural range has lead to illegal collecting of plants which poses a serious threat to their survival. This wild collection is quite unnecessary as the plant has been widely cultivated by seed since its discovery in 1991 and the process sped up considerably through grafting.

Geohintonia mexicana


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Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cacteae
Distribution: Nuevo Leon - Mexico (North America)
Habit: Globose
Flower: PinkEncounterability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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Geohintonia mexicana
G. mexicana
Picture taken at: Gene Schroeder's Private Collection

Photographer: Daiv Freeman

Geohintonia mexicana
G. mexicana
Picture taken at: Suleyman Demir's Private Collection in Ankara, Turkey

Photographer: Suleyman

Geohintonia mexicana
G. mexicana
Picture taken at: Craig and Denise Fry's Personal Collection

Photographer: Craig Fry

Geohintonia mexicana
G. mexicana
Picture taken at: Private Collection

Photographer: A Cactus Grower

Geohintonia mexicana
G. mexicana
Picture taken at: Private Collection

Photographer: A Cactus Grower

Geohintonia mexicana
G. mexicana
Picture taken at: Private Collection

Photographer: A Cactus Grower
Geohintonia mexicana
G. mexicana
Picture taken at: Juergen Menzel's Private Collection

Photographer: Juergen Menzel

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Geohintonia mexicana
G. mexicana
Picture taken at: Juergen Menzel's Private Collection

Photographer: Juergen Menzel

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Geohintonia mexicana
G. mexicana
Picture taken at: Juergen Menzel's Private Collection

Photographer: Juergen Menzel

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Geohintonia mexicana
G. mexicana
Picture taken at: Tony Marino's Private Collection

Photographer: Tony Marino
Geohintonia mexicana
G. mexicana
Picture taken at: Habitat near Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Photographer: Joel Lode

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Geohintonia mexicana
G. mexicana
Picture taken at: Private Collection -Baku city, Azerbaijan

Photographer: Ilham Alekperov
Geohintonia mexicana
G. mexicana
Picture taken at: DCR's Private Collection

Photographer: DCR

*Currently 1 of 1 known species are represented on CactiGuide.com.


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