Xerophyte

Central Spines

Solitary, stouter than the radials.

Description

Frailea schilinzkyanaSN|3634]]SN|3634]] is a very small cactus that remains solitary or (occasiaonally) somewhat cespitose.

Roots

Fat central tap root.

Flowers

Yellow small, infundibuliform, often cleistogamous (Even when their flowers do not open, they still form fruits with many seeds)

Blooming Season

Flowers will open only in great heat, in the hottest, brightest, afternoon sun, if at all.

Ribs

10 to 13, but very indistinct, more or less spiraled, strongly tubercled

Stem

It is diminutive in size, about 3 cm in diameter, depressed globular and somewhat flattened and umbilicate above, (wider than taller). Medium dark brownish green

Radial Spines

About 12 to 14 short (2 to 3 mm long) which vary from yellow to dark tannish-brow n or blackish in colour, more or less appressed and reflexed.

Fruits

Dry, indehiscent, that detach easily, yellowish, pericarp membranous, fragile that break easily, releasing the seed.

Areoles

Placed on the upper side of the tubercles.