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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Neoporteria gerocephala f. aurea
Neoporteria gerocephala f. aurea
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Neoporteria gerocephala f. aurea
Author
hort.
Chinese genus
智利球属
Chinese name
-
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
About 20, 30-60 mm long similar to radials and not easily distinguishable.
Flowers
1-5 cm long and in diameter, borne at plant apex on young areoles, tubular to narrow funnel-form, showing various shades of purple-pink with clearer throat in the spring.
Spines
15 to 40 radials very dense, glassy, from blond/yellow to ammber-yellow, thin, hairlik, curled and tangled, some soft and flexible, obscuring the plant body and becoming longer with age.
Fruits
Elongate to clavate, reddish opening by basal pores at maturity.