Ariocarpus hybrid retusus f. aurea
Ariocarpus hybrid retusus f. aurea
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Ariocarpus hybrid retusus f. aurea
Author
hort.
Chinese genus
岩牡丹属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Note
All of the Ariocarpus seedlings are spiny and quite different from adult specimens, though the spines are feather-like.
Tubercles
Leaf-like, divergent, erect, basally compressed, usually becoming attenuate at the apices, convex or nearly flattened adaxially and often with shallow adaxial undulations or wrinkling, not fissured, 1,5-4 cm long, 1-3,5 cm wide, nearly as wide as long.
Flowers
Diurnal 4-5cm in diameter, 2-4,2 cm long, white to pink , occasionally with reddish midribs.
Forma Aurea
The yellow schizochromic form (Ariocarpus hybrid retusus f. aureaSN|2079]]SN|26100]]) has bright golden yellow stems due to the absence (or reduced production) of chlorophyll pigments
Blooming Season
Autumn.
Stem
Solitary, pale to golden yellow or orangish, flattened, globose, rounded on top, 3-12 cm high, 10-25 cm in diameter.
Areoles
At the tips of the tubercles, rounded, 1-5 mm in diameter often only on younger specimens.