Mazhar Botanic Garden

Gymnocalycium horstii Buining

Sider Cactus

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001101
English name: Sider Cactus
Arabic name: جيمنو كاليسيم هورستياي
Native: Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina
Country: Brazil Paraguay Uruguay

 large cactus, minimally spine with a green ball-shaped body Usually solitary or slowly clustering as they age stem smooth, globoid, shiny green, 
20-25 cm in diameter ribs 5-6 cm wide, rounded spines few yellowish white, sparse, straight to slightly curved, flowers white, pale pink, pink or pale purplish up to 11 cm long and in diameter fruit ovoid, blue-green

ornamental cactus

Texture: Sandy Sandy loam
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Topography: Desert
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Low water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Zone: 10a : 11b
pH range: 6.5
Status: Least concern
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Cactus
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Seed company
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Cultivation
pH: Mild acid

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