Parodia warasii
Kakteen Orch. Rundschau 7(4): 62. 1982 , as 'warasi'
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Parodia warasii
Author
(F.Ritter) F.H.Brandt
Chinese genus
锦绣玉属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Seeds
Small, purse shaped, testa glossy black, widest at the hilum.
Description
Parodia warsii is a short columnar cactus usually solitary or slowly clustering related to the well-known Parodia leninghausiiSN|14697]]SN|14697]] and similar to Parodia magnifica but with bright green surface (not bluish-green). Stems became tall and erect as it ages (up to 60 cm tall, 30 cm in diameter). As typical with most cacti, this plant varies from specimen to specimen and whether it suckers or remains single makes each plant unique and fantastic when it get large growth size. Large and very floriferous, this species produces big yellow flowers with a satin sheen around the crown of the plant in the Summer.
Note
This member of the Cactaceae family was given this name by Eddie Waras (fl. 1977), plant collector in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Flowers
Large golden to pale lemon yellow with glossy petals 5-6 cm in diameter. Blossoms stand near the top and appear during the summer. Pericarpels and floral tubes with white wool and bristles. Petals lanceolate, wavy, fringed at the ends, dark lemon yellow at the base, fading to a very pale yellow at the ends. Stigma lobes c.10 elongated, twisted, light yellow. Filaments very long and thin, whitish. Anthers pale ochre-yellow.
Spines
15-20, needle-like, not easily distinguishable as centrals and radials, 10-40 mm long, golden-yellow, yellow-brown to brown, short, bristly, flexible, soft, forming rows down its ribs.
Ribs
15-16, straight, nearly triangular in cross section, slightly humped.
Stem
Single or branching basally to form a compact mass, short cylindrical, glossy, dark grass green, (not glaucous), to 50 cm high, 10-15 cm in diameter.
Areoles
White 4-6 mm apart.