Parodia scopa

Family

Cactaceae

Native

Brazil & Paraguay

Description

Notocactus are grown for their spine formations, as well as for their attractive flowers.

Notocactus are almost always globose, elongating as they age, some species eventually reach 3 feet (90 cm). They are often solitary, rarely offsetting.
Their flowers are funnel or bell shaped, yellow. They come in groups of 3 or 4 at several times during the year. Each flower lasts around a week.
The exciting lemon-yellow flowers with pale anthers and scarlet stigma open during the day and close at night.

Notocactus elegans has distinctive green ribs and attractive golden spines. Its bright yellow flowers with pale anthers and scarlet stigma open during the day and close at night in summer.

Environment

This species grows in hilly grassland and on walls between cracks in the rocks or in the shade of larger growing Cactus in deciduous forest. It grows in one of the most temperate region of the countries with warm and cool seasons and weather can become very cold during the winter nights. It likes deep pot with generous drain holes, needs a very airy potting medium very permeable to water which mainly consists of non organic material, slightly acid, pH-value between 4-6. Re-pot every two years.

Landscape Uses

Makes an attractive landscape plant and grasslands or pampas, on plains and walls It is an excellent plant for container growing. It always looks good and stays small.