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Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele SB1049 Bernal, QRO
Blooms are white with a darker pink midstrip.
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Fat taproot |
The collar
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The tap-root that can pull out the plants from the pot. |
Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele Vista Hermosa. |
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1 to 3 years old seedlings around the mother
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T. pseudomacrochele Vista hermosa, QRO |
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
Scientific Name: Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele (Backeberg)
Buxbaum et Backeberg 1937
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix I
Origin: Hidalgo, Queretaro, Mexico
Synonyms:
- Pediocactus pseudomacrochele
- Strombocactus pseudomacrochele
- Toumeya pseudomacrochele
- Kadenicarpus pseudomacrochele
- Neolloydia pseudomacrochele
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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.
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Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele Vista Hermosa
The plant from Vista Hermosa have pale flowers, almost white
with a clear pink midstrip.
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Cultivation: It’s a fairly easy and robust species to cultivate, but
very slow growing. It needs a
very well-drained soil, and requires strong sun to part sun to
keep the plant compact and low and to develop a good spinal
growth. Waterings should be rather infrequent to keep the plant compact,
and avoid its becoming excessively elongated and unnatural in
appearance. Furthermore it has a tap root, and watering
it properly is often difficult, because it tends to crack open or rot if
over-watered. Careful watering away from the body of the
plant will allow the areoles to keep their wool. Keep dry in winter, or when night temperatures
remain below 10° C. It is hardy to -4°C for a short period. Assure a
good ventilation.
Reproduction: From seed, since the plant rarely produces
plantlets, or
grafted.
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Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of
Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele:
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