parodia werneri possibly?

[christ_hears]

Am I close?

[Steve-0]

My first thought was Gymno. baldianum.....but I've guessed wrong more times than right

[DaveW]

Think it maybe one of the Gymnocalycioide Notocactus now lumped into Parodia. So called because they looked rather like Gymnocalycium's in body form. The most common now is Parodia werneri = Notocactus uebelmannianus, but the flower will decide. If P. werneri = N. uebelmannianus it will have a purple flower, if one of the others it will be yellow. If a Notocactus/Parodia it will have bristles/hairs on the flower tube, if a Gymnocalycium it will have a naked flower tube.

[esp_imaging]

Am I close?

Yes, I think you are. If it's not P. werneri, it's a very similar looking species. Flowers next year will help the id, as ever.

Gymno. baldianum tends to have a naked crown with more angular tubercles, the Parodia crown has a lot of white wool/felt on the new areoles and rounded bumps.

[Steve-0]

"Gymno. baldianum tends to have a naked crown"....yep, just looked at my Gymno. Bal and sure enough the crown is as naked as a jaybird.



Steve - who's learning all about cacti....one wrong guess at a time.