Xerophyte

Habit

The standard Parodia werneriSN|19997]]SN|19997]] is a nice cactus usually solitary, sometimes branching basally to form small clumps. It has glossy green body with appressed spines and bears a ring of the most amazing magenta to royal purple flowers every spring.

Central Spines

Usually absent.

Description

Variegated Parodia werneriSN|19997]]SN|19997]] (syn

Flowers

Small about 5 cm in diameter, short funnel-form, shiny, wine red to deep magenta of various tones, or pure yellow (Parodia werneriSN|19997]]SN|19997]] f. flaviflora). Both purple and yellow flower colours can exist side by side in some populations and the yellow being the most abundant. Therefore the more commercial but less representative purple flowered form was made the species and the more typical yellow flowered the variety.

Blooming Season

Spring to early summer, once it reaches about 7 cm in diameter if kept well it will flower every year.

Ribs

12-16, flat, round, more ore less chinlike.

Stem

Shiny dark green with sectors, patches or stripes with distinct shades of yellow or orange, globular or short/squatty up to 12 cm tall and 17 cm in diameter.

Radial Spines

About 6 spider-like, 10 to 30 mm long, appressed against the stem body, one pointing downward, unequal, white to greyish.

Areoles

Round, large, dull white or creamy white-felted, each with a shallow groove below.