Lymanbensonia incachacana

(Card)Barth&Korotkova

◊ Willdenowia 40:167 (2010)
◊◊ Rhipsalis incachacana Card - Cactus 34:125 (1952)
Acanthorhipsalis incachacana (Card)Volgin - Byull. Mosk. Obshch. Ispyt. Prir. Biol. 87(3):83 (1982)
Lepismiun incachacanum (Card)Barth - Bradleya 5:99 (1987)

- Strongly branching, hanging, up to 1,5 m long. Stems 20.30 cm long, 4.6 cm broad, flat, sometimes somewhat distorted or wavy, green. Areoles ±2 cm apart, ±5 mm diameter, with light brown felt. Spines 10.80, in a tuft, 2.18 mm long, stiff to hairy, light brown to whitish. Older stems without spines. Buds red, later yellow. Flower 1 cm long, outside red, inside purple, 1.5 per areole. Ovarium 2 mm long, greenish, with hairs and purple scales, base with white hairs. Outer petals 2.6 mm long, inner petals 5 mm long. Stamens white, anthers light yellow. Style 7 mm long, upper part dark purple, base lighter, stigma white. Fruit five-angled, reddish, later green, 8 mm diameter. Seed 2 mm long, shiny black.

- Bolivia: La Paz, Cochabamba (T: Incachaca). Epifytic, 2200 m.

Cactus (Fr) 34:125
CSJ(USA) 57(6):258"
Backeberg 2:680
Epiphytes 13-50:58-60
Bradleya 5:97-100; 13:47
KuaS 49(1):1", 7"
Bradleya 18:15
NCL 142"
EPIG 1(3):23-25"; 10(3):77|, 80, 81"; 65:1", 18-19"