| Place of origin:
States of Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Description: The plant shows subglobular
brownish/green colored stem, flat in the superior part. It
size is between 2 and 6 cm. height and between 4 and 8 cm.
wide.
The tubercles are divergent, often soft and nonturgid, acute
towards apex, flattened axially. They are between 3 and 7
cm. length and 5 and 12 mm. wide.
The areolas appear approximately located to about 5 mm. at
the end of tubercles, they are cleared and they measure between
2 and 5 mm wide.
Spines are absent or they appear of about 3 mm in length.
The flowers are white and measure between 3 and 5 cm. wide.
The fruit is pink or reddish, of globose, although slightly
elongated, form and about 20 mm length and between 5 and 12
mm. wide.
Growing tips: Requires well drained, porous,
light substrate. Clay pots are prefered.
The propagation is made by seed. As with the other species
of this genera, this plant grows slowly. |
