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Gymnocalycium baldianum "YELLOW"

Gymnocalycium baldianum "YELLOW"
A rare beautiful albinos seedling with a sticking eye catching colour.
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Cultivation: This plants offers no cultivation difficulties.  Needs moderate to copious waterings in summer, keep dry in winter.
Frost Tolerance: Quite frost resistant if kept dry  (-5° C  or  less)
Cultural Practices: Feed with a high potassium fertilizer  in summer.
Sun Exposure: Light shade (avoid strong sun exposures)

Propagation: Seeds (seldom produces offsets)

Notes: The synonym name Gymnocalycium venturianum is very common in collections and even at cactus nurseries. It is a very variable species in its general appearance, there are also many hybrids with a wide range of flower colours.
 

Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of Gymnocalycium baldianum.

• Gymnocalycium baldianum
• Gymnocalycium baldianum "YELLOW"

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Scientific Name: Gymnocalycium baldianum (Spegazzini) Spegazzini 1925 Published in: Nuevas Notas Cactologicas.-Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica de Argentina 99:135, 1925

"YELLOW"
 

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

• Echinocactus baldianus
• Echinocactus sanguiniflorus
• Gymnocalycium venturi
  Gymnocalycium venturianum
• Gymnocalycium platense var. baldianum
• Gymnocalycium sanguiniflorum

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