Parodia mairanana is a small free-flowering cactus with many apical flowers mostly orange tinged with red or rusty-red, but plants with different flowers colours are often found in cultivation. It is considered a synonym of Parodia comarapana.
Parodia comarapana Care
Parodia comarapana
Other names: Lemon Cactus
What is the plant
Parodia is a genus of cactus that range from small globose plants to 1 m tall columnar plants. They are deeply ribbed and spiny, with single flowers. Parodia comarapana is a small usually solitary or slowly offsetting around its base. In cultivation, it is often found a very free branching form that readily fulfils a large bowl with dozen of heads in a few years. Flowers are small, funnel-shaped, apical, mostly orange tinged with red or rusty-red (but ranging in color from yellow through pink to scarlet) 2-3.5 cm wide. Dried flowers remain for a long time on the plant body after blooming.
lighting
Full Sun
difficulty
Easy
How to Care for the Plant
Water
Throughout the growing season (spring and summer) provide regular water to keep the potting soil lightly moist. In the winter, cut back watering and let the soil almost dry between waterings, but do not let it completely dry out.
Fertilizer
Fertilize it with a low nitrogen fertilizer every 6 to 8 weeks, from mid-spring to late summer.
Sunlight
Parodia typically doesn't like direct afternoon sunlight and should be in the partial shade through the hottest hours. They can take direct sunlight in the morning and afternoons.
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Soil
A rich, fast-draining cactus mix is ideal.
Temperature
This cactus can tolerate light frost (-4C°) but rots easily if wet and cold. Inside, average room temperatures from 65°F/18.3°C to 75°F/23.8°C.
Container
Choose any type of container with enough drainage holes.
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