Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family) Parodia punae
Cardenas 1970
Accepted
scientific name: Parodia ocampoi Cárdenas
Origin: Mizque, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Habitat:
Grows on the south-east and
extremely hot, steep wall of a canyon with slate rock outcroppings.
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix 2.
Etymology: The genus Parodia
has been named after Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi an Argentine
botanist specialized in herbaceous indigene flora. The specific name
comes from Dr. Puna of Cochabamba who discovered the
plant.
Synonyms
- Parodia exquisita
- Parodia gibbulosa
- Parodia zecheri
- Parodia minuta
- Parodia elachista
- Parodia copavilquensis
- Parodia compressa
- Parodia augustinii
- Parodia zecheri ssp. elachista
- Parodia gibbulosoides
- Parodia gibbulosoides
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Description:
Parodia puna is a very floriferous plant, solitary or forming
cushion up to 40 cm in diameter.
Stem:
Globose
or shortly
cylindrical,
dark green with a very woolly apex, up to 8 cm tall and 7 cm in
diameter.
Ribs: About 17, acute with short tubercles, straight or slightly
spiralling.
Areoles: Large, round with white to greyish wool
that fade away as they age..
Radial spines: 8-9, reddish, light brow to dull yellow, becoming
grey as they age 4-10 mm long.
Central spine: 1 to 4 stronger, of
which the upper three are straight with a reddish tip, while the
lower one is more long and strong, hooked often
only 4-5 mm long.
Flowers: Orange-red , 2 cm in diameter. Pericarpel and floral
tube with abundant white wool and brown bristles.
The filaments bear cream-yellowish anthers. Stile white-yellowish.
Blooming season: Late summer through autumn. Flowers remain open
for up to six days..
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