Xerophyte

Central Spines

2 to 8 up to 2 cm long.

Description

Rebutia trolli best known as Weingartia trolli, is a heavy bloomer characterized by bright orange to orange-scarlet flowers.

Flowers

Usually orange or red (sometime dull yellow) approx. 2-3 cm. long, 2.5cm in diameter, they are produced (unusually) all over the body of the plant especially in a ring 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, stem side 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

Usually solitary, globose to short cylindrical up to 10 cm wide, 20 cm tall.

Radial Spines

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