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The flowers are
numerous and very showy, they are yellow with glossy petals
and have a dark purple stigma.
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The stigma
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Buds appear in March |
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It is a pretty plant already without any flowers. |
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
Conservation status:
Listed
in
CITES Appendix II
Notocactus
fuscus F.Ritter
In: Kakteen in Südamerika Band 1: 178-179. 1979
Scientific name:
Parodia fusca
(F. Ritter) A. Hofacker & P. J. Braun 1998
NOTE: The entire genus
Notocactus is currently included into Parodia
Origin:
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul (Sao Francisco de Assis, Cerro de Tigre,
Fazienda Ité, Paradao Itaqui, Barragem do Itu, Passo Novo, Manuel Viana,
Itacurubi, Alegrete)
Other
Synonyms:
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Description: Small solitary
cactus.
Stem: Globular, 10-12 cm wide, up to 18 cm tall, apex depressed.
Epidermis dark green.
Ribs: 19-26, approx 5-11 mm wide, vertical or spiralling and
slightly mammillate.
Areoles: 2-4 mm in diameter, very closely set ( 3-6 mm apart)
filled with abundant white wool, especially those near the stem apex.
Radial spines: 10-16 acicular, radiating, yellowish-brown to
greyish-white 5 – 14 mm long
Central spines: 4 (or sometimes 2) more robust 2 – 25(-35) mm
long forming a cross, dark reddish-violet with a brown base, becomig
grey as they age.
Flowers: Approx 3 cm long and wide
and stand near the top.
Yellow or pale yellow, with a typical glossy shine. Sepals thin, the
outer ones often red tinged at the tips. Floral tube with small scales,
and white wool. Stamens yellow, stigma lobes dark purple.
Blooming season: Sping to summer
Fruit: 18-25 mm long, olive-green turnig reddish at maturity,
with 70-90(-200).
Seeds: Dull black, finely tubercled. 0,8 mm long, 1 mm wide, 0,9
mm thick.
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Cultivation: It is easy to
grow. It prefers a neutral to
slightly acidic
mineral-based potting mix with plenty of
extra grit and feed during the summer.
It likes a warm bright location,
does great in partial shade but doesn't like full, hot blazing sun in
the central summer month. Can support quite some water during the
growing season but pot plants in winter are
wet-sensitive and needs
to be kept
dry (rots easily if soil is wet and cold) tends to lose its
roots in winter. Water Best if watered with rain water.
Usually it is recommended to
over-winter
this plant in a bright and warm greenhouse with at least 8-10° C
and rather dry (it tends to lose its roots
and to rot if the substrate is wet and cold)
but it has proved to tolerate temperatures as low as -5° C for short
periods.
Propagation: Seeds.
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