Parodia magnifica (Balloon Cactus), formerly known as Notocactus magnificus or Eriocactus magnificus, is a cactus with a green, globose to…
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Parodia is a genus of cacti, native to the uplands of Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay. The genus is named after Domingo Parodi, one of the early investigators of the flora of Paraguay.
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Parodia ottonis subsp. horstii is a solitary or slowly clustering cactus with flattened or spherical stems with 6 to 16 ribs. The stems are…
Parodia penicillata is a cactus with green spherical, later cylindrical stems with white, pale yellow, or pale brown spines. The stems…
Parodia erinacea is a small cactus with a solitary, flattened globular to short cylindrical stem with 12 to 15 ribs and a woolly top. The…
Parodia mammulosa (Tom Thumb Cactus) is a cactus with a globose stem with a dark green surface and a flattened apex. The stem grows up to…
Parodia mueller-melchersii is cactus with a globose to shortly columnar stem with 18 to 24 vertical or weakly spiraling ribs. The stem…
Parodia ottonis (Indian Head Cactus), formerly known as Notocactus ottonis, is an attractive dwarf cactus that forms a clump of spherical…
Parodia werneri is a small cactus with a usually solitary dark green stem or sometimes branching basally to form small clumps. The stem is…
Parodia leninghausii (Yellow Tower) is an attractive cactus appreciated because of the long harmless golden spines. Stems are initially…
Parodia scopa (Silver Ball Cactus) is a beautiful cactus with spherical to cylindrical stems with 25 to 40 tuberculate ribs lined with…