Chileorebutia aerocarpa
Cactus (Paris) xiv. No. 63 (sphalm. 64) Suppl., p. [6] (1959); et in Cactus,Paris, xv. No. 66, 8 (1960)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Chileorebutia aerocarpa
Author
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Chinese genus
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Chinese name
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Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
0-1(-2). Thick, erect up to 10 mm long.
Description
It is a small geophytic cactus with a dark body and very short pectinated spines.
Roots
It has a large, conical taproot.
Flowers
Born on young areoles, 3-5 cm wide, cream white to dirty orangish or reddish with darker midline. The flowers have a beautiful silky shine, the tube is covered in thin brown hairs.
Ribs
Several, spiralling and disappearing into tubercles.
Stem
Flattened, globose to short cylindrical, brown or grey-greenish with a reddish-violet nuance. 2-4 cm in diameter but in culture it grows slowly more than 7 cm tall and about 7 cm in diameter.
Radial Spines
6-10(-14) short, about 2-3(-5) mm long, more or less pectinated, needle like, straight to somewhat curved against to the stem yellow-orangish to dark reddish-brow that turn to grey as they age.
Fruits
Elongate, dehiscing by a basal pore.