Xerophyte

Habit

It was originally described as solitary, but often clusters in cultivation producing a nice patch over time.

Central Spines

Usually absent.

Description

Sulcorebutia albissimaSN|15253]]SN|15253]] (a.k.a. S. albata or S. albida) is one of the innumerable local form of the very variable Rebutia mentosa with squat clustering stems and outstanding purple blooms. Others forms are similar and plants from other localities look more like it.

Flowers

Several from the base, large intensely coloured glossy dark pink to purple-red.

Blooming Season

Flowers are freely produced in spring (like all sulcorebutias) in this species

Stem

Globular, flattened, or somewhat elongated-cylindrical in cultivation, up to 6 cm in diameter.

Radial Spines

Off-white, greyish, to light brown, pectinately arranged, lying against the surface and interlacing, stiff, needle-like, slightly curved, and the spination of well-grown specimens is pleasing.