Parodia magnifica
Kakteen Orch. Rundschau 7(5): 62. 1982
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Parodia magnifica
Author
(F.Ritter) F.H.Brandt
Chinese genus
锦绣玉属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Habit
Plants at first solitary, forming large clustering mounds in time.
Seeds
Obovoid to club shaped, reddish brown, spiny tuberculate.
Similar Species
It resembles very well to the Parodia warasiiSN|20453]]SN|11865]] (= Eriocactus warasiiSN|20454]]SN|11866]]).
Flowers
Borne several at a time apically, funnel-shaped, sulphur yellow, 4,5-5,5 cm long and in diameter; pericarpels with dense white wool and brownish bristles.
Blooming Season
Flowering occurs in summer through early fall and will bloom several times during warm weather.
Spines
12-15 or more, bristle-like, thin, flexible, goldens yellow, 8-20 mm long.
Ribs
11-15, straight, symmetrical, acute.
Stem
Globose, becoming short cylindrical with age, blue- green, glaucous, oblique apically. It grows 30 (or more) cm high and 7-15 cm in diameter.
Fruits
Globose, pink, to 1 cm in diameter.
Areoles
White at first, later yellowish close together or almost contiguous.