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Notocactus schlosseri HU491 Garzon, Maldonado, Uruguay
This is a common ball cactus, very
easy to cultivate.
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Description: Solitary to shortly cylindrical, upright spherical
cactus.
Stems: Green, shoots up to about 20 cm high and 12 cm in diameter.
Central spines: Dense, short, stiff and erect; they are russet to
orangish coloured.
Radials: Whiter, thinner against the body of the cactus.
Flowers: Lemon-yellow, up to 5 cm in diameter, with red stigma
in spring.
It will usually flower within 3 to 5 years.
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Cultivation:
This is an easy plant to cultivate. It
can support quite a lot of water during the growing season.
Watering Needs:
Keep
rather dry in winter. It rots easily if
soil is wet and cold. Relatively cold hardy.
Sun Exposure: Light shade to
full sun, but
it doesn't like
full, hot blazing sun in the central summer months.
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Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and
cultivars of plants belonging to the
Notocactus scopa
complex:
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
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Scientific name:
Parodia erubescens (Osten) D.R. Hunt
Published in: Cactaceae Consensus Initiatives 4: 6,
1997
Origin: Native to
Uruguay.
Conservation status:
Listed
in
CITES Appendix II
Synonyms:
- Echinocactus erubescens Osten
1941
- Notocactus erubescens (Osten)
Marchesi 1972
- Notocactus schlosseri Vliet 1974
Notocactus schlosseri,
along with
N. scopa, N.
schlosseri, N. scopa var. xicoi and N. sucineus,
belongs to the
N. scopa aggregate, and
was transferred to Parodia in
1997 by David Hunt.
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