Xerophyte

Central Spines

Stouter (20-30 cm long), subulated, brown-reddish, grayish when old.

Description

Parodia herteriSN|20458]]SN|20458]], best known as Notocactus herteriSN|20460]]SN|20460]], is a large growing plant, usually solitary or slowly branching from the base.

Tubercles

Well pronounced, chinned.

Flowers

Apical, pale violet-pink to dark purple, 4 cm long, 4,5/5 cm in diameter with whitish or yellow centers in the spring. Petals lanceolated with somewhat fringed border and a darker midrib at the extremity. Filaments and style greenish/yellow, anthers golden yellow, stigma 10 lobed, pinkish with the a white extremity.

Blooming Season

July through September.

Ribs

About 22 well defined and spiraling.

Stem

Almost spherical that can became shortly cylindrical when old, up to 15 cm in diameter and tall with a shiny deep green skin, the apex is depressed, white-grayish and woolly.

Radial Spines

8-11 thin, flexible and acicular up to 20 mm long, whitish with a brownish-red tip.

Areoles

Deeply seated within a depression between the chins, woolly that become bare when older.