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Description: This is a very slowly growing specie. Generally
solitary but old specimens may cluster from the base.
Stem: Flattened with dull grey-green or blue green epidermis, up
to 9 cm high 4-10 cm broad (or more in culture)
Ribs:11-14 scarcely prominent.
Areoles: Whit grey wool .
Spines: Stiff and bent to the body, very variable both in length
(1 to 2 cm long), cross-section and number ( 1 to 3 in each areole)
though some areoles are completely spineless, The most characteristic
vatteri form is the one with only 1 spine.
Flowers: 4-5 cm long and 4 cm broad, white with pink to
brownish-red throat.
Blooming time: Profuse flowers from late
spring to summer.
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family) Gymnocalycium vatteri Buining
In: Succulenta 29(5): 65-67, 1950
Scientific name:
Gymnocalycium
ochoterenae subsp. vatteri (Buining) Papsch 1993
Origin: Argentina, Catamarca,
Córdoba
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix 2.
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Synonyms:
- Gymnocalycium ochoterenae Backeberg 1936
- Gymnocalycium vatteri v. paucispininum
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Cultivation: It is a summer
grower species that offers no cultivation
difficulties. Water regularly in summer (but do not overwater )
keep rather dry in winter.
Feed with a high
potassium fertilizer in summer.
It is quite frost resistant if kept dry (hardy to -5° C)
Sun Exposure: Light shade.
Propagation: Direct sow after
last frost.(seldom produces
offsets)
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