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Coryphantha pallida


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Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cacteae
Distribution: Puebla Oaxaca - Mexico (North America)
Habit: Globose
Flower: YellowEncounterability: Unusual in Collections
Original Description: The Cactaceae 4 p.40 - Britton & Rose (1920)
Plants either solitary or in clusters of about 10 or more, globular, 12 cm in diameter or less, bluish green; tubercles in 13 rows, short and thick, closely set; radial spines 20 or more, white, appressed; centrals usually 3, but sometimes more, the two upper more or less ascending, the lower porrect or curved downward, with tip black, or sometimes black throughout; flowers very large, often 7 cm long and nearly as broad; outer perianth-segments narrow, greenish yellow, with a reddish stripe on back; inner perianth-segments pale lemon-yellow, broader than outermost, acuminate; ovary bearing a few narrow scales; stamens deep red, numerous; style yellow, longer than stamens; stigma-lobes 9; fruit greenish brown, 2 cm long; seeds brown, shining, broader at apex than below,
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Coryphantha pallida
C. pallida
Picture taken at: CoronaCactus Private Collection

Photographer: Darryl Craig

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Coryphantha pallida
C. pallida
Picture taken at: Private Collection

Photographer: Joel Lode

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Coryphantha pallida
C. pallida
Picture taken at: Mike Wisnev's Private Collection

Photographer: Mike Wisnev
Coryphantha pallida
C. pallida
Picture taken at: Gerd's Private Collection

Photographer: Gerd Hayenga
Coryphantha pallida
C. pallida
Picture taken at: Gerd's Private Collection

Photographer: Gerd Hayenga

Coryphantha pallida subsp. calipensis


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Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cacteae
Distribution: Puebla Oaxaca - Mexico (North America)
Habit: Globose
Flower: YellowEncounterability: Unusual in Collections
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Coryphantha pallida
C. pallida subsp. calipensis
Picture taken at: Suleyman Demir's Private Collection in Ankara, Turkey

Photographer: Suleyman

Coryphantha pallida subsp. pallida


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Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cacteae
Distribution: Puebla Oaxaca - Mexico (North America)
Habit: Globose
Flower: YellowEncounterability: Unusual in Collections
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Coryphantha pallida
C. pallida subsp. pallida
Picture taken at: Suleyman Demir's Private Collection in Ankara, Turkey

Photographer: Suleyman
Coryphantha pallida
C. pallida subsp. pallida
Picture taken at: M&M Cactus Garden, Tucson Arizona

Photographer: Martin Molina

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