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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Notocacteae
Notocactus bommeljei Van Vliet,
In. Succulenta 47: 7. 1968.
Holotypus: tab. 50,
fig. 2 in Mart. Fl. Brasil. 4(2). 1890.
Accepted
Scientific name: Parodia
tabularis subsp. bommeljei (Vliet) Hofacker 1998 (Cels ex
Rümpler) D.R.Hunt 1997
Origin: The N. bommeljei comes from Brazil (Rio
Grande do Sul)
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix 2.
Etymology: Named after C. Bommeljé
friend of Dirk van Vliet.
Synonyms:
- Parodia tabularis (Cels ex
Rümpler) D.R.Hunt 1997
- Echinocactus tabularis Cels ex K.Sch.
In: Gesamtb. Kakteen, p. 389, 1899
- Malacarpus tabularis (Cels ex Rümpler) Britton &
Rose In: The In:Cactaceae, 3 : 193, 1922
Notocactus tabularis (Cels ex Rümpler) A.Berger
ex A.W.Hill 1933 In: Kakteen: 211, 343. 1929
- Notocactus tabularis ssp. tabularis (Cels ex Rümpler)
Backeberg
In Backeberg et Knuth, Kaktus ABC, p. 255, 1935
- Echinocactus muricatus K. SCHUMANN
In: Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 386 (1898), non Otto ex Pfeiff. (1837)
- Notocactus muricatus Hort.
- Notocactus tabularis ssp. muricatus (Doweld) Doweld,
comb. nov.
- Peronocactus tabularis ssp. muricatus Doweld
In: Sukkulenty 1999(2): 21-22
- Echinocactus concinnus var. tabularis Cels ex
Rümpler
In Förster et Rümpler, Handbuch der Cacteenkunde, p. 552, 1886
- Notocactus brederooianus Prestlé 1985
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Description: Parodia
(Notocactus) tabularis is a usually solitary,
or slowly clustering, flattened ball-shaped cactus. This taxon
has been known for decades in cultivation, but a definitive description
from plant located in habitat has been made by Dirk van Vliet only in
1968. It is indeed known in older description under the name of
Echinocactus muricatus 1837.
Stem: Up to 8(-10) cm across, glaucous blue-green, spherical to
short cylindrical, ± flattened apically.
Ribs: 16-23 low, obtuse.
Central spines: 3-4 up to 12 mm long, thin, white with brown to
dark-red tips, ± curving, forming a cross. New spines red.
Radial spines: 12-18 up to 10 mm long needle-like, sreading.
Flowers:
Diurnal, opening in during the day and closing at night.
Yellow flower, 5-6 cm in diameter. Floral tube with whitish wool
and long brownish bristles.
Blooming season: Spring to early summer.
Fruit: Oval, yellowish green, up to 1.2 cm long and 0,7 cm in
diameter.
Seeds: Cap shaped, black tuberculate, ± 1 mm in diameter.
Parodia tabularis comprises two subspecies:
subsp. tabularis: With 16-18 radial spines and 4 central
spines. Origin:Brazil and Uruguay
subsp. bommeljei: With approx 12 radial spines and 3-4
central spines. Origin: Rio Grande do Soul, Brazil.
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Cultivation:
This is an easy plant to cultivate.
It require a
mineral-based potting mix with a good
drainage.
Can support quite some water during the growing season
but pot plants in winter are
wet-sensitive and needs
to be kept
dry (rots easily if soil is wet and cold).
Usually it is recommended to
over-winter
this plant in a bright and warm greenhouse with at least 8-10° C , but
it has proved to tolerate temperatures as low as -5° C for short periods.
Sun Exposure:
Light shade to
full sun but doesn't like full, hot
blazing sun in the central summer month.
Propagation: Seeds,
cuttings. Not too difficult to raise from seed.
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