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  Parodia sanguiniflora
(Syn: P. microsperma "sanguiniflora")
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Parodia sanguiniflora has spiral ribs covered in fine, white, bristly spines. Large, bright red, glossy flowers


Description:
Usually solitary
globose or cylindrical, up to 18 cm tall, 9 cm wide.
Radial spines: 10 to18, 4-10 mm long, usually straight, more or less sideways directed;
Central spines
: hooked usually 4, sometimes 3-7.
Flowers: Blood red diameter 2,5-4cm. Filaments of the stamens carmine to brownish-cinnabar. Stylus reddish to pale yellowish; Stigma light-yellow to nearly white.
Fruit:
Fruit globular, green, lower half naked and upper with white wool and fine bristles.  Flesh greasy, so that the seeds can fall only after the fruit has dried.

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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Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

Parodia sanguiniflora Frič ex Backeb.
In: Blatter Kakteenforsch., Pt. 12, [p. 4]., 1934

Scientific name: Parodia microsperma (F. A. C. Weber) Speg. 1923

Origin: Southern Bolivia, northern Argentina.
 

Synonyms:
  • Parodia microsperma 'sanguiniflora' Backeb.
  • Parodia mutabilis v. sanguiniflora (Backeberg) F. H. Brandt,
    In; Kakteen Orch. Rundschau 7 (5): 77. 1982
 

 


It is difficult to take good pictures of this plant because the petals are so intensely blood-red and the dark velvety nuances are not captured well by digital cameras.

 


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 that are very fine

 

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