Parodia culpinensis
Stachelpost no. 48: 161 (-165), fig. 1973 cf. Rowley in Repert. Pl. Succ. (I.O.S.), 24:8 (1973 publ. 1975). Notes: Locality not stated
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Parodia culpinensis
Author
F.H.Brandt
Chinese genus
锦绣玉属
Chinese name
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Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Habit
Usually simple or rarely basally branched.
Central Spines
Usually one (or sometime as many as 4), thick creamy white, to brownish or black, clawlike, more or less erect hooked and twisted (depending on population), up to 3 cm long.
Seeds
Purse shaped, black.
Description
Parodia culpinensisSN|5868]]SN|5873]] is one of the local or morphological forms of the variable Parodia subterraneaSN|5873]]SN|5868]] distingushed from the latter by it longer hooked central spines and larger red flowers opening in the afternoon.
Flowers
Funnel-shaped, usually red, 3-4(-5) cm wide. Pericarpel and floral tube covered with white or brown hairs and black bristles. Dried flowers remain for a long time on the plant's body after blooming.
Blooming Season
Late spring.
Ribs
11-13 spiralling, forming distinct conical tubercles.
Stem
Flattish to globose, 6-12 cm in diameter, dull green to olive green with white wool apically, thick and growing mostly underground, but the plant's stem in cultivation is usually globular or ovoidal and aerial.
Radial Spines
Up to 10, radiating, more or less flattened against the plant's body, mostly whitish or yellowish, 5-8 mm long.
Fruits
Red or green, with white hairs.
Areoles
Young areoles are filled with abundant white wool. Later they are naked.