#balloon cactus

[im-a-cactus-yay-official]

Weekly cactus fact 2

Parodia Magnifica is also know as the balloon cactus or the ball cactus. It won the royal horticultural society’s award of garden merit.

[cactguy]

Parodia magnifica | Balloon cactus

Filoli Historic House & Garden, California

[faguscarolinensis]

Parodia magnifica / Ball Cactus at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[shy-girl04]

Photographer - shy-girl04 : Balloon Cactus, 2015

[krym-dela-krym]

I’ve got like a million thorns in my fingers but I’m literally so happy with my new cacti 😍

[los-plantalones]

🎈balloon bonanza

[faguscarolinensis]

Parodia magnifica / Ball Cactus at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[cactguy]

Parodia magnifica | Balloon cactus

Cactus Garden, Lotusland, CA

Native primarily to Brazil, with some fragmented populations into Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina. Found in a highly temperate region, commonly in rock crevices in deciduous forests or hilly grasslands. They grow in well-draining, highly organic soils due to the high amounts of leaf litter that occur from leaf drop and decomposition. They experience cold winters, but rarely below freezing, and it is almost entirely dry through their coldest months.