Xerophyte

Description

Clumping globular cactus, up to 7 cm in diameter and up to 10cm tall. It can grow clumps 10-15cm wide. The specially notable characteristics of this cactus are its dark stem colour, emphasized by the small, white areoles, and its large, intensely red, yellow throated flowers, reminding one of red daisies. Rebutia krainzianaSN|897]]SN|895]] has now been lumped under R. marsoneri as a synonym of Rebutia marsoneriSN|895]]SN|897]].

Tubercles

In two downward spirals, in ratio 8

Flowers

A larger crop of flowers, 3.5 cm wide, develops from the base of each head, resulting in a superb display in mid season. The ''normal'' form has bright orange-red flowers, however other flower colours have recently been seen on the market. The new flowers form ranges in shades from dark red, to orange, yellow or white, and at first they were thought to be hybrids, but they also could be simply natural colour variations.

Blooming Season

It is usually one of the earliest rebutias to flower in spring.

Spines

Small, snow-white, very thin, very short, and soft, but they can still poke.