Xerophyte

Central Spines

2 to 8 up to 2 cm long.

Description

Rebutia sp. KA381 Icla, altitude 2630 metres is one of the many form of the variable Rebutia neocumingiiSN|3096]]SN|3096]], distinguished for the large tuberous root and the less numerous and larger tubercled ribs. However it is not easily separable from the the other Rebutia neocumingiiSN|3096]]SN|3096]].

Flowers

Approx. 2 cm 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

Less than 16 broadly tuberculate, spiraling.

Stem

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

Radial Spines

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