Parodia Species, Ball Cactus (Parodia magnifica)

by albleroy Feb 5, 2003 1:23 PM

Brazil

This are plants of my personal collection

this is a real juwel in the collection

what do you thinck of this-one

nice, isn't it ??

NICE !!!!!!

this is a real magnificant plant

This photo was taken in the summer of 2002. This is the green form of this plant. I also have the blue form, but it is too young and hasn't flowered yet.

large colony growing in Lotus Land, Santa Barbara, California

flowering in August, Pasadena California (obviously flowers multiple times a year)

Added to my collection Dec '04. About 3-4 inches tall. Zone 9a/9b

June 27, 2005 - blooms more than once a year for me

nice group in Huntington Gardens, southern California end of August

Taken at the University of California Botanical Gardens in Berkeley CA.

A nicely grown, old potted clump at B&B Cactus Farm in Tucson.

At the Wallace Desert Gardens in Scottsdale, Arizona. Zone 9b. Under the synonym: Notocactus magnificus

Parodia magnifica

September 24, 2006, mid fall, zone 9b

Getting ready to bloom. Taken at UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.

At UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.

show plant, Los Angeles

English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI

The Huntington Botanical Gardens

San Diego Botanic Garden

Angled closeup of my vigorous new (Altman-grown) 3.5" diameter plant; 8/30/11. This is of course the yellow-spined, more highly-clustering form.

nice, taller, older plants, Huntington Gardens, California

In beautiful yellow bloom, late august 2015.

Photo courtesy of, copyright of Jim Bishop, a San Diego, California Landscape Designer.

Princess of Wales Conservatory, Kew Gardens. Copyright of Jim Bishop, a Landscape Designer, from San Diego, California

Photo courtesy and copyright of Cok Grootscholten of Succulent Nursery, Holland, a nursery and formidable private succulent collection. http://public.fotki.com/Grootscholten/plant-collections/

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