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Notocactus leucocarpus
This plant is recognizable for the
metallic-grey to bluish‑gray stem that in full sun take a beautiful
purple tinge. The flower are many petaled,
the spines are few (usually 3)
strong and long and the fruit is
white.
This species (previously considered independent ) is now
included as many other in Parodia sellowii.
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Description: Usually solitary.
Stem: Metallic-grey to bluish‑grey that in full sun take a
beautiful purple tinge, globose to short cylindrical up to 20 cm tall,
15 cm in diameter. The apex is depressed and filled with whitish-grey
wool.
Ribs: Well marked and sharp whit scarcely prominent chinned
tubercles. The crest of the ribs typically take a purple red colour in
full sun.
Areoles: Well spaced, woolly, recessed 15-20 mm apart.
Spines: Few, (usually only three) longer and stronger than in the
standar species yellowish, sturdy, about 20-25 mm long curved down or
backward of which 1 radial spine slightly heavier but not very different
from the the radials.
Flowers: Large, many petaled, lemon yellow with glossy petals to
about 5 cm in diameter and stand near the top,
decorated with about 8 to 10 red pistil lobes which emphasize the yellow
of the petals. The buds are tomentose.
Blooming season: They bloom annually about in June-July.
Fruits: Fleshy white to pinkish about 10 mm long.
Seeds: 1 mm long black. |
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
Conservation status:
Listed
in
CITES Appendix II
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Notocactus
leucocarpus (Arechav.) G.Schafer
Accepted
Scientific name: Parodia sellowii
(Link & Otto) D.R. Hunt1997
Etymology: The species name "leucocarpus"
comes from the Greek words "leucos"
(λευκος)=
bright, brilliant, clear; white, pale and carpos (καρπος)=
fruit; In reference to the distinctive white fruit.
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Synonyms:
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Echinocactus
leucocarpus Arechav.
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Malacocarpus
leucocarpus (Arechav.) Britton & Rose
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Wigginsia
leucocarpa (Arechav.) D.M.Porter
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Notocactus sellowii
forma leucocarpus (Arechav.) N.Gerloff 1995
- Parodia
leucocarpa
NOTE: All species of genera
Notocactus, Wigginsia and Malacocarpus
have recently been transferred to genus Parodia, so the
names of several plants previously accepted are now all synonyms of
Parodia sellowii.
(see list of synonyms on
the page bottom)
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Cultivation:
It is easy to grow. They like a warm bright location, does great in
partial shade avoid full sun. They need good drainage and prefer a
neutral to slightly acidic compost with plenty of extra grit. Water and
feed during the summer. Best if watered with rain water. Keep above 0°C
and rather dry in winter, rot easily if the substrate is wet and cold,
tends to lose its roots in winter.
Propagation: Seeds
Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of
plants belonging to the Parodia
sellowii
complex
(This
Taxon has lots of
synonyms ( like many other
cacti) whit several controversial
varieties and subspecies and comprises a multitude of different
forms, but where each form is linked to others by populations of plants
with intermediate characteristics):
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Other synonym of Parodia
sellowii: Echinocactus pauciareolatus, Malacocarpus
pauciareolatus, Wigginsia pauciareolata, Wigginsia sessiliflora var.
pauciareolata, Notocactus pauciareolatus, Notocactus macrogonus,
Malacocarpus macrogonus, Malacocarpus macrogonus, Wigginsia macrogona,
Wigginsia rubricostata, Echinocactus macrogonus, Wigginsia sessiliflora,
Malacocarpus sellowi var. macrocanthus, Echinocactus sellowii var.
macrogonus, Malacocarpus stegmannii, Notocactus sessiliflorus, Wigginsia
vorwerkiana, Malacocarpus vorwerkianus, Echinocactus vorwerkianus,
Notocactus sessiliflorus var. stegmannii, Echinocactus sessiliflorus,
Wigginsia stegmannii, Parodia paucicostata, Malacocarpus sessiliflorus,
Notocactus sessiliflorus, Malacocarpus corynodes, Notocactus vorwerkianus,
Notocactus rubricostatus, Notocactus stegmannii, Notocactus erinaceus,
Wigginsia macrocantha, Echinocactus acuatus var. corynodes, Echinocactus
corynodes, Notocactus corynodes, Echinocactus courantii, Echinocactus
acuatus var. sellowii, Notocactus courantii, Notocactus acuatus
var. corynodes, Echinocactus sellowii var. typicus, Wigginsia leucocarpa,
Echinocactus sellowii var. macracanthus, Malacocarpus macracanthus,
Notocactus sellowii, Notocactus acuatus var. leucocarpus, Wigginsia
corynodes, Malacocarpus leucocarpus, Echinocactus sellowii var. courantii,
Echinocactus leucocarpus, Wigginsia fricii, Notocactus fricii, Malacocarpus
fricii, Echinocactus fricii, Malacocarpus sellowii var. courantii, Wigginsia
courantii, Notocactus leucocarpus
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