Culture plant of Discocactus griseus
Photo and description Piet van der Laken |
Discocactus griseus
HU343
BUINING & BREDEROO in SUCCULENTA nr. 54 1975
page 185-190
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Short plant description HU343 in culture
Diameter of the culture plant is ca.12 cm. Plant height
without cephalium
6-7 cm.
The colour of the epidermis is gray/green. The number of ribs is 10. Number of areoles per rib is 6-8 on plants with
cephalium. The shape of the areoles is oval.
The number of radial spines is 5-6. The length of the spines is upwards 0.5;
sidewards 1.5 cm. and downwards 2.5 cm.
All spines are slightly bent to the plant. The colour of the spines is ivory
with a brown/red tip.
The cephalium is white/brown coloured and has little red/brown spines like
bristles along the the margin.
The colour of the fruit is white.
The position if the stigma is half-way up the secundairy stamens.
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Especially on year old seedlings are very
sensitive to fungal disaeses. A species very rich in flowers and seeds.
SUCCULENTA 1975 page 190
DISCOCACTUS 1980 page 174
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Op de standplaats van Discocactus griseus
veldnummer HU 343
Foto, Albert Buining
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SERRA DOS ALEGRES in MINAS GERA
IS, Brazilië
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Serra dos Alegres in the west part of Minas Gerais, near a
radio mast at an altitude of ca. 850 m. among small bushes and various grasses
in fine pure yellowish sand near Joao Pinheiro.
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