Neolloydia Conoidea
''Cochemiea conoidea'', common name Texas cone cactus or Chihuahuan beehive, is a species of cactus native to southern United States to central Mexico. Description ''Cochemiea conoidea'' is an solitary, unbranched cylindrical cactus up to 24 cm (9.6 inches) tall and up to 8 cm (3.2 inches) in diameter. The somewhat yellowish-green to green shoots, usually with whitish woolly tips, are spherical to cylindrical, with diameters of 3 to 6 centimeters and heights of 5 to 24 centimeters. Ribs are weakly defined or absent. The cone-shaped warts, 3 to 10 millimeters long and 6 to 10 millimeters wide, are prominent. Dimorphic areoles, 3 to 5 millimeters in size, are spaced 8 to 12 millimeters apart and have an areolar groove. The single central spine, sometimes absent, is black to reddish-brown, straight, and protruding, measuring 5 to 25 millimeters long. There are 15 to 16 radial spines. The funnel-shaped flowers are purple-red, 2 to 3 centimeters long, and 4 to 6 centimeters ...
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Heinrich Poselger
Heinrich Poselger (25 December 1818 – 4 October 1883) was a German botanist who specialized in studies of succulent plants. From 1849 to 1851 he collected plants, especially cacti, along the U.S.-Mexico border, and in the process took part in the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. His collections of cacti were sent to the herbarium at Jena.Poselger, Heinrich (1818-1883)
@ JSTOR Global Plants He was a resident of , where he maintained an impressive collection of succulents. He is the