Xerophyte

Central Spines

2 to 8 up to 2 cm long.

Description

Rebutia neocumingiiSN|3096]]SN|3096]] f. prolifera|SN|25353]] is a monstrous highly branching plant that forms large clumps and blooms abundantly, just as a small specimen.

Flowers

Approx. 2cm. long, 2,5 cm in diameter, they are produced (unusually) all over the body of the plant expecially near the very tips of the stems differing from other rebutias in that its flowers appear very near the meristem as opposed to the lower, stemside and base locations of those others. As well, on this and a few other ex Weingartia species, one areole can produce up to 4 flowers.

Blooming Season

The flowers are produced in early summer and remain open for five or six days.

Ribs

16 to 18 tuberculate, often spiraling.

Stem

Globose to short cylindrical up to 10 cm wide, 20 cm tall, branching freely from the base and forming large crowded mounds.

Radial Spines

5 to 24 yellowish with brown tips, about 1 cm long.