Location: Vista Hermosa, Queratero

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus LRM123, the larger growing deep pink flowered form growing at Vista Hermosa.

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Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus in the southern part of its range grows much larger (up to 8cm in diameter) than in the north. These southern area plants have been given the name 'elephantidens'  but are in reality just one end of the N/S cline observed in the species. The habitat of the southern plant also differs from the mudflats of the north, being much more stony, and is home to a much wider range of plants, including Thelocactus leucanthus and Mammillaria elongata.