Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele SB1049 Bernal, QRO
Blooms are white with a darker pink midstrip.
 

Fat taproot
 

Description: Solitary (usually) or slowly clumping, stems globular pale green to darker green with woolly top up to 2,5-4 cm tall, 2-4 cm in diameter;
Areoles: White at the tip of the tubercles.
Tubercles: Low and rounded, conical, 3-5mm long.
Spines: 6 to 8 thin, flexible, bristly, and twisted, 15-30mm long. The colour is white to yellow-brownish .
Root: Taproot.
Flowers: Diurnal , very pale pink to bright, yellowish green, to purple with darker mid-stripe, up to 2 cm long , up to 3.5 cm. in diameter.
Fruits: Green nearly round 4-6mm long.
 
Cultivation: This species is fairly robust and easy to grow. Watering should be rather infrequent to keep plant compact. The fact that the plant retracts into the soil and assumes a grey-green colouring between watering, is perfectly natural and doesn’t cause any damage. Hardy to -4°C for a short period. Exposures: Full sun where it obtains a flat natural look, or partial sun.

Nine-year-old specimen (Vista Hermosa) showing the huge tap-root that can pull out the plants from the pot.

The collar

1 to 3 years old seedlings around the mother plant

T. pseudomacrochele SB1049 Bernal, QRO
Nice dense yellow spines

Apex

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix I

Origin: Hidalgo, Queretaro, Mexico

Synonyms:

• Pediocactus pseudomacrochele
• Strombocactus pseudomacrochele
• Toumeya pseudomacrochele
• Kadenicarpus pseudomacrochele
• Neolloydia pseudomacrochele

Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele Vista Hermosa
The plant from Vista Hermosa have pale flowers, almost white with a clear pink midstrip.

 

Bernal

Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele:

• T. pseudomacrochele
• T. pseudomacrochele var. lausseri
• T. pseudomacrochele ssp. krainzianus var. minimus
• T. pseudomacrochele ssp. krainzianus var. minimus f. cristata