This cultivar's short, pectinate spines and geometric perfection make it a collector's must. Propagation is challenging (grafting only), enhancing both its value and scarcity in cultivation.
This stunning columnar specimen commands attention with its unique green-blue stem contrasted by straight brownish-black spines. The short-but-sharp spines create perfect geometric patterns against the smooth stem.
Sulphur yellow spines. Globose cactus with many slender, undulating ribs. Features crystalline white radials and 3-7 sulfur-yellow, distinctly flattened central spines, the middle one being markedly thicker.
Gymnocalycium schickendatzii v. delaetii, related to G. schickendantzii, has rounded, prominent tubercles. Globose body, blue-green or gray-green. 6-7 curved spines, grayish-yellow with red tips, fading with age. A distinctive species.
Cute! Flowers with shades ranging from pink to purple, with pectinate spines in a delicate pink-beige color. Each plant, in spring, produces 1 to 5 buds, offering a spectacular and distinctive bloom.
Very attractive plant with pointed ribs and pinkish-gray bodies striped with darker purple-tan bands. The areoles are very wooly and nearly spineless. The spines are weak and fall over time. The flowers are pale pink, appear freely and open up entirely.
A very spiny, clump-forming species with robust stems and numerous needle-like spines; The central spines are longer and sharper, dull white to brownish with darker tips. Flowers with long spiny tubes and red-orange petals.
