Xerophyte

Description

Rebutia christinaeSN|5117]]SN|5117]] is a clumping cactus, with tiny stems.

Roots

Thick and long tap-root.

Flowers

From the side at the base of the plant, short, erect, funnel-shaped, in shades of intensive orange. Outer tepals oblong, apiculate; inner tepals rounded.

Spines

About 8 acicular, bristle-like pale yellow-brown up to 4 mm long.

Ribs

10 to 12, low, often spiralled and tubercled.

Stem

Tiny, depressed-spherical to oblong up to 5 cm wide (but usually more in cultivation)

Areoles

Gold