Notocactus schlosseri forma cristata (Parodia erubescens cristata)

	Notocactus schlosseri forma cristata (Syn: Parodia erubescens f. cristata)	CACTUSPEDIA

Notocactus schlosseri f. cristata *This is an eye catching red spiny crest.*
Description: Stems green densely covered by short, stiff and erect russet to orangish coloured central spines. Radial spines: Whiter, thinner against the body of the cactus. Flowers: Lemon/yellow yellow to 5 cm in diameter with red stigma in spring.
	Cultivation: This is an easy plant to cultivate. Relatively cold hardy, Sun Exposure: Light shade to full sun but doesn't like full, hot blazing sun in the central summer month. *Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Notocactus scopa* complex: Notocactus scopa (Parodia scopa) Notocactus scopa "inermis" (Parodia scopa 'inermis') Notocactus scopa "inermis" forma cristata (Parodia scopa 'inermis' cristata) Notocactus rudibuenekeri "ALBISSIMO" (Parodia scopa 'rudibueneckeri) Notocactus schlosseri (**Parodia erubescens) *Notocactus schlosseri forma cristata (*Parodia erubescens cristata) *Notocactus sulphureus ( P. scopa succinea)*

Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Origin: Native to Uruguay.

Scientific name: Notocactus schlosseri forma cristata

Parodia erubescens (Osten) D.R. Hunt
Published in: Cactaceae Consensus Initiatives 4: 6, 1997

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Notes: Notocactus schlosseri belongs to the N. scopa aggregate and has been Transferred to Parodia in 1997 by David Hunt.