Coryphantha pallida
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Original Description: The Cactaceae 4
p.40 - Britton & Rose (1920)Plants either solitary or in clusters of about 10 or more, globular, 12 cm in diameter or less, bluish green; tubercles in 13 rows, short and thick, closely set; radial spines 20 or more, white, appressed; centrals usually 3, but sometimes more, the two upper more or less ascending, the lower porrect or curved downward, with tip black, or sometimes black throughout; flowers very large, often 7 cm long and nearly as broad; outer perianth-segments narrow, greenish yellow, with a reddish stripe on back; inner perianth-segments pale lemon-yellow, broader than outermost, acuminate; ovary bearing a few narrow scales; stamens deep red, numerous; style yellow, longer than stamens; stigma-lobes 9; fruit greenish brown, 2 cm long; seeds brown, shining, broader at apex than below, |
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C. pallida
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Picture taken at: CoronaCactus Private Collection
Photographer: Darryl Craig
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C. pallida
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Picture taken at: Private Collection
Photographer: Joel Lode
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C. pallida
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Picture taken at: Mike Wisnev's Private Collection
Photographer: Mike Wisnev
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C. pallida
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Picture taken at: Gerd's Private Collection
Photographer: Gerd Hayenga
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C. pallida
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Picture taken at: Gerd's Private Collection
Photographer: Gerd Hayenga
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Coryphantha pallida subsp. pallida
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Suleyman Demir notes:
This sp.has very variable spine paterns. It may display a stem without any central spine, but it can grow with 1, 2 or 3 black centrals also, which usually are regularly arranged, but sometimes point to diverse directions in irregular, wild appearance.
Syn.C .pseudoradians,
C .radians v.pseudoradians,
C .reduncispina, C.pycnacantha sensu S.Arias, S.Gama, L.U.Guzman, Flora del Valle de
Tehuacan-Cuicatlan, UNAM: 10-12, 1997.
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C. pallida subsp. pallida
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Picture taken at: Suleyman Demir's Private Collection in Ankara, Turkey
Photographer: Suleyman
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C. pallida subsp. pallida
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Picture taken at: M&M Cactus Garden, Tucson Arizona
Photographer: Martin Molina
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