Frailea Britton & Rose (1922)
named after Manuel Fraile
globose to short cylindrical, dwarf, light green to reddish brown
tubercles in rows or as lowly ribs
spines mostly only a few, small, adjacent
blossoms yellow to brownish-red, cleistogamous, very seldom open, more frequent, if not under glass
seeds hat shaped, brown, get darker |
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Distribution |
South Amerika - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia,
Argentinia
steppes and mountains |
Growth period |
half shady and airy, temporarily without glass protection
the plants needs a protection against for full sun,
especially seedlings and young plants
sufficiently and at great heat not to sparse watering,
standing moisture is absolutely to avoid
occasionally mist improves the growth
the blossom is only open, if the plants get temporary a full sunny location
and get very high temperatures (over 86F (30°C)) |
Winter period |
bright and dry at 46–53°F (8–12°C) |
Substrat |
sandy-mineralic with some of humus,
well permeable to water with addition of pumice and quartz gravel |
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| Frailea uhligiana Backeberg (1963) |
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Habitat |
Bolivia
San José, between Santa Cruz and Corumba |
Description |
named after K.-H. Uhlig
dwarf, 1 in (2.5 cm) high, to 1.4 in (3.5 cm) Ø,
plants in culture outdoors red brown to red discolored, with glass protection green
ribs about 25, not in tubercles seperated ,
primary only with slight oblique furrows, slight tubercular, later flattened
areoles almost bare, hardly with brown felt
radial spines in 4–5 pairs, very small, only about 2 mm long
central spines absent
buds with light brown wool
blossoms to 1.2 in (3 cm)
Ø, yellow
seeds circular, hat shaped with a edge, blackish
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Synonyms |
Frailea uhligiana Backeberg (1963) (nom. inval.)
Frailea cataphracta ssp. duchii (G. Moser) P. J. Braun & Esteves (1995)
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CITES |
Appendix II |
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