Notocactus schlosseri forma cristata (Parodia erubescens cristata)

	Notocactus schlosseri forma cristata (Syn: Parodia erubescens f. cristata)	CACTUS ART NURSERY Cultivation and Mail Sale of Cacti and Succulents.

Notocactus schlosseri f. cristata *This is an eye catching red spiny crest.*
Description: Stems green densely covered by short, stiff and erect russet to orangish coloured central spines. Radials are whiter, thinner against the body of the cactus. Flowers: Lemon/yellow yellow to 5 cm in diameter with red stigma in spring.
	Cultivation: This is an easy plant to cultivate. Relatively cold hardy, Sun Exposure: Light shade to full sun but doesn't like full, hot blazing sun in the central summer month. *Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Notocactus scopa* complex: Notocactus scopa (Parodia scopa) Notocactus scopa "inermis" (Parodia scopa 'inermis') Notocactus scopa "inermis" forma cristata (Parodia scopa 'inermis' cristata) Notocactus rudibuenekeri "ALBISSIMO" (Parodia scopa 'rudibueneckeri) Notocactus schlosseri (**Parodia erubescens) *Notocactus schlosseri forma cristata (*Parodia erubescens cristata) *Notocactus sulphureus ( P. scopa succinea)*

Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Origin: Native to Uruguay.

Scientific name: Parodia erubescens (Osten) D.R. Hunt
Published in: Cactaceae Consensus Initiatives 4: 6, 1997

Synonyms:

Echinocactus erubescens Osten 1941
Notocactus erubescens (Osten) Marchesi 1972
Notocactus schlosseri Vliet 1974

Notocactus schlosseri belongs to the N. scopa aggregate and has been Transferred to Parodia in 1997 by David Hunt.

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