Xerophyte

Habit

It is a shortly columnar cactus that branches and will start to cluster from the base as it ages.

Description

Parodia leninghausiiSN|14697]]SN|14697]], still known in cultivation with its old name Eriocactus leninghausiiSN|14701]]SN|14701]], is a very popular cactus species appreciated because glistens under a haze of harmless golden spines and will produce silky yellow flowers, with a lovely reflection in the petals only when mature (5 years or so), but the blossom in summer is worth the wait. Sometimes, they present monstruous amd cristate forms.

Flowers

Near the top, 5-6 cm in diameter pure yellow, silky, shining with a lovely reflection in the petals.

Blooming Season

It blooms only when mature (at least 20 cm tall) in Spring to late Summer. Blooms more than once a year.

Spines

Harmless, golden and bristly.

Ribs

About 30.

Stem

At first globular then columnar up to 60(100) cm tall, 8-12 cm in diameter, with an angled crown.