Xerophyte

Central Spines

1-4 one hooked, turned downward brown to blackish turning grey, 13-18 mm long.

Seeds

Finely tuberculate., dull black.

Description

Parodia otuyensisSN|5879]]SN|5881]] is one of the several forms of the morphologically variable Parodia tuberculataSN|5881]]SN|5879]] with dark orangish-red flowers. It is a compact small to medium-sized cactus covered with dark brown hooks. Usually solitary, but can forms small clusters.

Roots

Short and fleshy.

Tubercles

Larger than tall round approx. 7 mm in diameter. Parastichy number 8-13 (Double visible spirals pattern in the position of a tubercle on the axis).

Flowers

Smallish, campanulate, 3 to 5 flowers at a time clustered around the meristem, 1,8-2,7 long and 1 cm yellowish-orange to dull red-orange. Pericarpels and floral tubes very short with dense white hairs and scales.

Blooming Season

Blooms are produced over a long period in late spring to mid Summer.

Ribs

13-20, 7-100 mm tall, spiralled slightly tuberculate.

Stem

Depressed-spherical 4-5 cm tall, 4-11 cm accross, grey-green, apex sunken, not very woolly.

Radial Spines

7 to 9 mostly grey-coloured up to 10 mm long, needle-like, spreading, flattened against the stem surface.

Areoles

2-3 mm wide, 7-10 mm apart, round, whitish, woolly at first, later grey almost naked.