Description for Notocactus Rutilans Plant height: 0.5 - 0.8 inches Plant spread: 2 - 4 inches Notocactus rutilans is a synonym of Parodia mueller-melchersii. The plants are very free-flowering and self- fertile; producing many seeds. When in flower the whole plant shimmers with colour and it flowers when quite young. The dull green, elongated spherical shoots reach heights of up to 8 centimetres and diameter of 6 centimetres. The areoles on them are white. The light golden yellow to lemon yellow to reddish flowers. The flowers are very showy, 5 cm long, with much white wool along the tubes, and translucent petals, salmon to carmine-red shading to egg-yolk yellow in the centre. Common name(s): Pink ball cactus Flower colours: Light golden yellow to lemon yellow to reddish Bloom time: Mid Spring, Late Spring/Early Summer Max reachable height: Up to 50 cm Difficulty to grow: Easy to grow

Description for Notocactus roseoluteus Plant height: 0.5 - 0.8 inches Plant spread: 2 - 4 inches Notocactus roseoluteus usually solitary or slowly branching from the base with beautiful flowers. Spherical-flattened that can come shortly cylindrical when old, with a shiny coppery-green with a depressed crown covered in white wool. Common name(s): Parodia roseolutea Flower colours: Not defined Bloom time: Rainy season Max reachable height: Not defined Difficulty to grow: Easy to grow