Parodia leninghausii

The species has many thin golden spines. The young plants are globular, then columnar up to tall, diameter and about 30 ribs. Old plants cluster from the base. Flowers are yellow, diameter, at the top of the plants, but only if adult (at least tall) Sometimes, they present monstruous forms. There is a cultivar albispina with white spines. ==Cultivation==

Like most cacti, Parodia leninghausii needs well drained soil, sunny exposure, regular watering in summer and no watering in winter. In temperate climates, it may be placed outside in a warm sunny position during the summer months. In winter the plant tolerates frost at if kept totally dry. In cultivation, it is preferable to keep a cold temperature, but more than . This plant has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. File:Parodia leninghausii (Lemon ball), Huntington.jpg|Lemon ball cluster, Huntington Desert Garden File:Leninghausii 0086.JPG|Flowers File:Parodia leninghausii 18.JPG|The flower of Parodia leninghausii File:Parodia leninghausii 7.JPG|The seeds of Parodia leninghausii File:Parodia leninghausii 31 fioritura autunnale.JPG|The autumnal flowering of Parodia leninghausii in Rome ==References==