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A Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) in a pot with white gravel, showing yellow blooms atop red spiny ridges. Blurred background.
The Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) displays yellow spines and pale yellow blooms in a pot with decorative white gravel.
Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) with sharp spines and yellow blooms, set in soil with white pebbles, outdoors.
The Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) in a pot, with spines and a large yellow flower with red center; blurred green plants behind.
Close-up of a Common Ball Cactus with sharp white and reddish spines, set in soil with white pebbles and dried plant material.
A potted Parodia erubescense (Common Ball Cactus) with orange spines and yellow flowers, set against blurred outdoor greenery.
Parodia erubescens (Common Ball Cactus) with sharp spines, a pale yellow flower, and buds in gravel, surrounded by green plants.
The Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) with thin spines and a yellow flower, potted in gravel among green succulents.
The Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescens) with reddish spines, white tufts, and a yellow flower in gravel; succulents blurred behind.
Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) with two bright yellow flowers and red centers, surrounded by pebbles and green succulents.
The Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) with reddish spines and yellow blooms, shown in rocky soil beside blurred cacti.
A Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) with spines and a pale yellow flower in a pebble pot, surrounded by green succulents.
Close-up of a Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) in a pot, featuring bright yellow blooms against a blurred green background.
Close-up of a Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) with yellow flowers and brown spines, in white gravel with a blurred background.
A small, hardy Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) with spines and bright yellow flowers sits in a pot on white gravel.
A Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) in a pot with white gravel, showing yellow blooms and a soft green-brown blurred background.
A resilient potted Common Ball Cactus with bright yellow flowers and white gravel against a softly blurred green and brown background.
A Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) in a pot with white gravel, showing yellow blooms atop red spiny ridges. Blurred background.
The Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) displays yellow spines and pale yellow blooms in a pot with decorative white gravel.
Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) with sharp spines and yellow blooms, set in soil with white pebbles, outdoors.
The Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) in a pot, with spines and a large yellow flower with red center; blurred green plants behind.
Close-up of a Common Ball Cactus with sharp white and reddish spines, set in soil with white pebbles and dried plant material.
A potted Parodia erubescense (Common Ball Cactus) with orange spines and yellow flowers, set against blurred outdoor greenery.
Parodia erubescens (Common Ball Cactus) with sharp spines, a pale yellow flower, and buds in gravel, surrounded by green plants.
The Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) with thin spines and a yellow flower, potted in gravel among green succulents.
The Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescens) with reddish spines, white tufts, and a yellow flower in gravel; succulents blurred behind.
Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) with two bright yellow flowers and red centers, surrounded by pebbles and green succulents.
The Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) with reddish spines and yellow blooms, shown in rocky soil beside blurred cacti.
A Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) with spines and a pale yellow flower in a pebble pot, surrounded by green succulents.
Close-up of a Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) in a pot, featuring bright yellow blooms against a blurred green background.
Close-up of a Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) with yellow flowers and brown spines, in white gravel with a blurred background.
A small, hardy Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) with spines and bright yellow flowers sits in a pot on white gravel.
A Common Ball Cactus (Parodia erubescense) in a pot with white gravel, showing yellow blooms and a soft green-brown blurred background.
A resilient potted Common Ball Cactus with bright yellow flowers and white gravel against a softly blurred green and brown background.

This is red spiny and easy plant to cultivate. It can support quite a lot of water during the growing season. Solitary to shortly cylindrical, upright spherical cactus. It can grow up to 20 cm high and 12 cm in diameter.

The spines are dense, short, stiff and erect; they are russet to orangish colored. Thinner against the body of the cactus the spines become radial and white.

Recommended temperature zone: USDA 9b-11
Frost tolerance: Hardy at least to 20°F (-6°C)
Sun exposure: Sun to partial shade
Origin: Uruguay
Growth habits: Solitary spherical cactus, 5" in diameter (12 cm), up to 7" tall (17 cm)
Watering needs: Regular water in summer. Keep rather dry in winter, rots easily if the substrate is wet and cold, tends to lose its roots in winter.
Flowers: Lemon-yellow, up to 5 cm in diameter, with red stigma.
Blooming season: It will usually flower within 3 to 5 years in spring.

Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz

Bloom Season

Late spring and summer

Flower Color

Shiny lemon yellow

Growth Rate

Slow

Mature Size

78 "

Resistance

6°c

Sun Exposure

Partial shade (3–6 hrs. sun)
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Common Ball Cactus - Parodia erubescense

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This is red spiny and easy plant to cultivate. It can support quite a lot of water during the growing season. Solitary to shortly cylindrical, upright spherical cactus. It can grow up to 20 cm high and 12 cm in diameter.

The spines are dense, short, stiff and erect; they are russet to orangish colored. Thinner against the body of the cactus the spines become radial and white.

Recommended temperature zone: USDA 9b-11
Frost tolerance: Hardy at least to 20°F (-6°C)
Sun exposure: Sun to partial shade
Origin: Uruguay
Growth habits: Solitary spherical cactus, 5" in diameter (12 cm), up to 7" tall (17 cm)
Watering needs: Regular water in summer. Keep rather dry in winter, rots easily if the substrate is wet and cold, tends to lose its roots in winter.
Flowers: Lemon-yellow, up to 5 cm in diameter, with red stigma.
Blooming season: It will usually flower within 3 to 5 years in spring.

Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz

Bloom Season

Late spring and summer

Flower Color

Shiny lemon yellow

Growth Rate

Slow

Mature Size

78 "

Resistance

6°c

Sun Exposure

Partial shade (3–6 hrs. sun)
Attribute Value
Bloom Season Late spring and summer
Botanical Name Parodia erubescense
Common Name Common ball cactus
Dormancy Winter
Family Cactaceae
Flower Color Shiny lemon yellow
Genus Parodia
Growth Habit Globose
Growth Rate Slow
Mature Size 78 "
Native Area South america
Resistance 6°c
Sun Exposure Partial shade (3–6 hrs. sun)

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