Aztekium hintonii f. monstruosum
Aztekium hintonii f. monstruosum
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Aztekium hintonii f. monstruosum
Author
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Chinese genus
皱棱球属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Description
This is a genetically stable mutation with variable +/- monstrous, irregularly shaped, ribs with knobby-looking swellings along the stems. Stems are lightly pruinose and branches just from the base and occasionally at higher levels, the apexes easily. The areoles are white and woolly.
Note
This clone is similar - and often confused - with Aztekium hintoniiSN|4247]]SN|4247]] forma prolifera that produces an anomalous proliferation of shoots just from the base and occasionally at higher levels. The "prolifera" form is greener, less wooly and will never produce monstrous or dichotomichous or crested apexes.