Xerophyte

Description

Turbinicarpus sp. Santa Rita, a.k.a. Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanusSN|12648]]SN|12648]] var. Santa Rita or Turbinicarpus santaritensis, is a tiny form with magnificent and unique flower colouring revealing the difference.

Flowers

Apical short tubed, tepals lanceolate, central strip bright purple, wider downward, margins of tepals pinkish white. Filaments purple, anthers golden-yellow to orangish and style pink, stigma lobes whitish.

Stem

Solitary or slowly clumping semi-globose greysh-green to bluish-green globose, 3-5 cm in diameter (but often larger in cultivation).