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Parodia herzogii
(microsperma)
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Description: Usually
solitary
globose or
cylindrical, up to
6 cm tall,
10 cm wide.
Flowers: Deep orange
to blood red diameter
4cm.
Cultivation:
Needs regular water in summer.
Keep rather dry in winter, tends to lose its roots in winter. Can
tolerate light frost (-1C°)
Propagation: By
Seeds. The seed of this plant are extremely small
and must be sown on the surface of the germination substrate (not buried!!)
But the seedlings after germination are so minuscule and delicate
that it quite problematic to keep them alive. So for this species it is
usually used the
baggy germination technique (in a sterilized pot hermetically closed
in a plastic sachet) |
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix 2.
Parodia herzogii
W. Rausch, Kakt. And. Sukk., 32 (2): 31, 1981.
Parodia microsperma 'herzogii' (Rausch)
Scientific name: Parodia microsperma (F. A. C.
Weber) Speg. 1923
Origin: Southern Bolivia, northern Argentina
Ethymology: named after
MERCEDES HERZOG, the wife of Dieter Herzog
The flowers are blood red coloured and very showy.
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Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of
Parodia microsperma (This taxon has lots of synonyms
whit several controversial varieties and subspecies):
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