Cintia

Rootted cuttings. Stem globose less than 5 cm in diameter, covered with large rounded tubercles. The colour can vary from olive-green to purple to brown with a woolly apex. The base becomes corky with age.

Grown from seed with its own typical carrot-like tap root. 3 years old seedlings. Rare.

A tiny geophytic cactus with an olive-green spherical stem marked by smooth, rounded tubercles. Its sunken woolly areoles lack spines. A deep tuberous root anchors the plant. Bright yellow flowers, larger than the stem, emerge at the apex.

Una Cintia dai colori pastello! Tubercoli a forma di fagiolo color oliva chiaro che degrada dolcemente in toni pesca e ambrati verso la base.  L’effetto cromatico risulta delicato e unico, con variegature stabili e non reversibili.

Small geophytic cactus with an olive-green globose stem covered in smooth, rounded to ovoid tubercles. When flowering, it produces large bright yellow blooms wider than the stem. Supplied grafted, single-headed, 2–3 cm in size.