Discocactus catingicola (Cachoeira Redondo) SEEDS

Discocactus catingicola (Cachoeira Redondo) seeds grow into the caatinga disc cactus from the Cachoeira Redondo provenance — a flat, disc-shaped cactus native to the seasonally dry tropical biome of Brazil (eastern Goiás to central-south Bahia), with this provenance from the Cachoeira Redondo area. The epithet catingicola means 'caatinga-dweller' (from Tupi caatinga = white forest/dry scrubland + Latin cola = inhabitant), referring to the Brazilian Caatinga biome where it grows. Produces a flat, disc-shaped green body; prominent ribs and tubercles; spines; apical woolly cephalium; nocturnal fragrant white flowers; red fruits. Frost-tender. Family Cactaceae.

Full sun; well-drained, rocky soils; drought-tolerant; warm tropical conditions; frost-tender. Brazil (E Goiás to CS Bahia).

• 'Catingicola' = caatinga-dweller (Tupi+Latin; caatinga dry scrubland biome specialist); Cachoeira Redondo provenance; Brazil (E Goiás–CS Bahia); flat disc-shaped; nocturnal fragrant flowers
• Flat disc-shaped; prominent ribs and tubercles; spines; woolly cephalium; nocturnal fragrant white flowers; red fruits; Brazil (E Goiás–CS Bahia); Cachoeira Redondo provenance; frost-tender
• Brazil (E Goiás to CS Bahia) — seasonally dry tropical biome; Cachoeira Redondo provenance; caatinga disc cactus
• Genus Discocactus: 16 species; Brazil to Paraguay; Family Cactaceae; Order Caryophyllales
• Full sun; well-drained rocky soils; drought-tolerant; warm tropical; frost-tender; nocturnal fragrant flowers; Cactaceae

Discocactus catingicola (Cachoeira Redondo) — the caatinga disc cactus from the Cachoeira Redondo provenance; a specialist of the Brazilian Caatinga dry scrubland biome; nocturnal fragrant white flowers emerge from the apical cephalium.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.