PARODIA LENINGHAUSII

Parodia leninghausii or notocactus leninghausii is also known as lemon ball cactus,golden ball cactus & yellow tower cactus.Parodia leninghausii is native to the rio grande do sul province in the south of Brazil In those regions, winter nights are cold, with a light freeze. These cacti survive in these conditions because they are quite dry at that time.The species have many thin golden spines. The young plants are globular, then columnar up to 1m tall, 12 cm diameter and about 30 ribs. Old plants cluster from the base. Flowers are yellow, 5 cm diameter, at the top of the plants, but only if adult (at least 20 cm tall)