Culture plant of Discocactus nigrisaetosus

Photo and description Piet van der Laken

Discocactus nigrisaetosus HU448

• Description

  Buining & Brederoo in Discocactus Venlo 1980 page 129-134.

   

• Short plant description HU 448 in culture

  Diameter of the culture plant is ca. 12 cm. 
  Plant height without  cephalium 7 cm. 
  The colour of the epidermis is green. 
  Number of ribs is 11. 
  Number of areoles per rib is 6 on plants with cephalium. 
  The shape of the areoles is oval to round. 
  The number of spines is 5 to 6. 
  The length of the spines is upwards to 1.5 cm. and downwards to 4 cm. 
  The shape of the spines is slightly recurved to the plant and the colour is amber. 
  The colour of the cephalium is grayish/white.
  The colour of the fruit is white. 
  The position of the stigma is at the top of the stamens.

• Remarks

  The habitat plants are mostly flat and tall before they make a cephalium. Culture plants make a cephalium when they are up to 8 cm. in diameter.

   

• Literatuur

  Succulenta 1977 nr.11 

Habitat photo of  Discocactus nigrisaetosus 
field number HU448
Photo: Albert Buining

• Habitat

  Near Porto Novo, Bahia, Brazil west of the Rio San Francisco on the so-called "Tabolairo"in loamy soil, in densely wooded area at an altitude  of about 450 m.

Porto Novo in Bahia, Brazil
Guia Rodoviario do Brasil, B-3