Neochilenia dimorpha
Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 9. 1963
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Neochilenia dimorpha
Author
(F.Ritter) Backeb.
Chinese genus
-
Chinese name
-
Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Seeds
Dark brown.
Roots
It has a tuberous carrot-like root from which arises a contracted neck, ending in an enlarged top-shaped plant body.
Juvenile Spines
6-10, small, inconspicuous, 2-5 mm long, all radial, spreading sideways or flattened close to the plant, from black to nearly white.
Flowers
Up to 3.5 cm. long, wide funnel-shaped, the underside with white wool and some fine yellow bristles. Petals pale to brownish-yellow, at the edge whiter.
Spines
Dimorphous. This species is one of those Eriosyce which pass a short-spined youth stage in which they are already floriferous. Most of the plants after several years develop long spines, giving the plant a completely different fiercely spiny appearance. Radials 8-12, up to 2 cm long, black to yellowish, the upper radials sometimes longer and bent. Central spines 1-3, black to brown, sometimes light brown to yellow and bent to the side.
Ribs
Divided in tubercles , later flattish.Areoles. White felty.
Stem
Hemispherical to spherical, 2-6 cm diameter, almost black.
Fruits
About 1.5 cm. long, red, hairy.