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Description: Small solitary subglobose cacti.
Stem: flattened globular tapering below, 50mm high 60mm wide
olive green; woolly apex.
Tubercles: Irregular pyramidal quadrangular or rhomboid to 5mm
long, 4mm wide. forming 13 to 21 tubercled ribs.
Root: Bundled swollen.
Spines: Radials 11-16 white rigid , radiating horizontally, to
10mm long; Centrals 2, one erect one horizontal to 25mm long.
Flowers: Funnel form apricot coloured with purplish midribs and
lighter margins to 24mm wide, with purplish midveins, 1 inch in diameter
(2.5 cm). Fruits: Urn shaped to 12 mm long with black seeds.
Cultivation:
This species is not easy but relatively fast growing, can become too
elongated if compost is too rich. Requires full sun or Light shade and careful watering
to keep plant compact.
Hardy to -4°C for a short period.
Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and
cultivars of the
Turbinicarpus mandragora
complex
(This taxon has lots of synonyms
whit several controversial varieties and
subspecies):
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