MATUCANA MADISONIORUM

Matucana madisoniorum usually grows solitary and only rarely sprouts with flattened, spherical to broadly columnar, cloudy grey-green shoots and reaches a height of up to 15 centimeters with a diameter of 10 centimeters. There are seven to twelve flat and broad transversely furrowed ribs. The up to five blackish-brown, curved, flexible and slightly falling spines, which can also be absent, turn gray with age. They are up to 3 centimeters long.The narrow, funnel-shaped, slightly crooked, orange-red flowers are 8 to 10 centimeters long and have a diameter of 4 to 5.5 centimeters. The spherical, hairy fruits reach a diameter of up to 2 centimeters.this plant require filtered sunlight not direct sunlight.The specific epithet madisoniorum honors US attorney Marshall Pierce Madison (1895–1977), his wife Elena Eyre Madison, and the Madison Fund