Leuchtenbergia principis f. monstruosa
Leuchtenbergia principis f. monstruosa
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Leuchtenbergia principis f. monstruosa
Author
hort.
Chinese genus
光山属
Chinese name
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Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Description
This is an heavy clumping (monstrous) cultivar, with small and densely branched heads at the tip of each tubercle.
Axils
Woolly.
Roots
The cuttings form large swollen tuberose roots.
Tubercles
Chunky, about 2-5 cm long (much shorter than in the standard species), grayish-green to bluish-green, triangular in cross-section. They are more long than wide, closely packed, erect and slightly divergent.
Flowers
Never seen.
Spines
The tubercles are topped with papery, flexible spines; central spines 1-2, up to 1-5 cm long; radials 8 to 14, up to 0,5-2,5 cm long;
Stem
The central body branches profusely to form an irregular, crowded, cluster of woolly heads that never get much larger but can slowly fill a 15 cm bowl.
Areoles
At the tip of the tubercle with abundant grey wool.