Sulcorebutia cintiensis
Frankfurter Kakteenf. 3: 9 (1976); cf. G. D. Rowley in Repert. Pl. Succ.(I. O. S.), 27: 9 (1976 publ. 1979).
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Sulcorebutia cintiensis
Author
(Cárdenas) F.H.Brandt
Chinese genus
-
Chinese name
-
DescriptionEdit description
Habit
It is a very spiny cactus. It branches freely and forms clumps with elongated stems.
Description
Rebutia fidaianaSN|14924]]SN|14924]] ssp. cintiensis (TL
Roots
Large, tuberose connected to the plants stem with a constricted neck.
Flowers
3 cm long yellow. They are produced especially in a ring near the very tips of the stems.
Blooming Season
The flowers are produced in early summer and remain open for five or six days.
Ribs
Completely divided into round spiralling tubercles.
Stem
Up to 30 cm tall and 15 cm in width, spherical to to short cylindrical, yellowish-green to grey-green.
Fruits
Spherical to elongate, small tannish-brown.
Areoles
Roundish, yellowish or creamy white and quite large.Spines 13-14 up to 5 cm long, very dense, acicular, straight, needle-shaped, spreading, interlacing and almost completely covering the stem, not easily distinguishable as centrals and radials variable in colour from greyish, straw to pale-brownish.