Xerophyte

Description

This is a very slowly growing specie. Generally solitary but old specimens may cluster from the base.

Flowers

4-5 cm long and 4 cm broad, white with pink to brownish-red throat.

Blooming Season

Profuse flowers from late spring to summer.

Spines

Stiff and bent to the body, very variable both in length (1 to 2 cm long), cross-section and number ( 1 to 3 in each areole) though some areoles are completely spineless, The most characteristic vatteri form is the one with only 1 spine.

Ribs

11-14 scarcely prominent.

Stem

Flattened with dull grey-green or blue green epidermis, up to 9 cm high 4-10 cm broad (or more in culture)

Areoles

Whit grey wool .