Xerophyte

Central Spines

Erect, more or less curved and hooked, honey yellow, amber to reddish brown, about 25-30 mm long.

Description

It is a shortly columnar plant with strong yellow-brown spination. It is very similar to Parodia aureicentraSN|5760]]SN|5760]] but with some differences in the spination.

Tubercles

Rounded.

Flowers

About 32 mm long and 35 mm in diameter. Outer tepals with a yellow-orange mid stripe. Inner tepals yellow-orange. (but varying from pure yellow to red)Flower tube Bright orange with pink or yellow scales, richly covered with white wool and brownish bristles.

Pistil

Pale yellowish-green with 11 to12 bright yellow stigma lobes.

Stamens

Filaments red with pale yellow anthers.

Ribs

Straight or slightly spiralling, separated by deep furrows.

Stem

Bright green, cylindrical-elongated, exceeding 50 cm in height and 15 cm in diameter.

Radial Spines

Up to 15, fine, slightly bent, white to pale-yellowish.

Fruits

About 25 mm long and 9 mm wide, very woolly, at first yellowish, pink when ripe.Seeds 0.6 x 0.5 mm, testa black and slightly warty, strophiola (corky outgrowth protecting the hilum), creamy white.

Areoles

Circular 7 mm in diameter, 12 to 13 mm apart, with white wool, but this is missing in the bottom of the plant.