Ball Cactus (Parodia magnifica)

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Yellow
Bloom Size:	1"-2" 2"-3"
Suitable Locations:	Xeriscapic
Resistances:	Drought tolerant
Containers:	Suitable in 1 gallon Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous:	With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Conservation status:	Endangered (EN)

Conservation status:

Common names

Ball Cactus
Balloon Cactus
Tuna

Botanical names

Accepted: Parodia magnifica
Synonym: Notocactus magnificus

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Location: San Diego Botanic Garden
Date: 2018-07-15

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Location: Baja California
Date: 2017-06-06

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Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-07-18

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Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida
Date: 2023-02-24
My new ballon cactus.

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Location: Jardin Exotique & Botanique Roscoff, Brittany, France
Date: 2023-08-29

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Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2013-09-01

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Location: Botanical Garden of Würzburg
Date: 2011-03-31

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Location: Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA.
Date: 2018-04-28

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Location: Central Texas
Date: 2018-08-09

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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-11-17

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Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2013-04-14

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Location: San Clemente
Date: 2019-08-31
Love, love, love cactus

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Location: Missouri Botanical Garden (Mobot) in St Louis
Date: 2016-06-18

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Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2014-01-29
Parodia magnifica - BG Meise

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Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2020-10-16

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Location: Baja California
Date: 2018-08-13

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Location: Southwest Florida
Date: April 2014

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Location: In my garden, Falls Church, VA
Date: 2017-09-15
Spines

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Location: In my garden, Falls Church, VA
Date: 2017-09-24

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Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2010-06-06

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By Frank Vincentz (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/f

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Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2011-01-17

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Location: San Antonio TX
Date: 2017-07-27

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Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28

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Location: Botanical Garden of Bochum
Date: 2011-12-07

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Location: Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia, US
Date: 2017-11-02
Ball cactus (Parodia magnifica). Called Rounded ball cactus and B

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Location: MOBOT - St Louis
Date: 2013-02-26

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Location: Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia, US
Date: 2017-08-20
Ball cactus (Parodia magnifica). Called Rounded ball cactus and B

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Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.

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Location: UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens
Date: 2008-11-06

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Location: BBS in Tampa, Florida
Date: 2023-07-08
A beautiful cactus bloom!

Uploaded by GigiAdeniumPlumeria

Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-10-28
Formerly calssified as a Notocactus

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By Kurt Stüber [1] [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)

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Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-07-23

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Location: 98108
Date: 2013-03-21
large cactus at back

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Location: MOBOT, St Louis
Date: 2011-08-09

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Location: Botanical garden UG, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-09-06

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Location: Botanical Garden La Concepcion - Malaga
Date: 2015-03-25

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By Jerzy Opioła (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fd

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Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-12-01

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Location: Edinburg, Texas | June, 2023
Date: 2023-06-10

Uploaded by sedumzz

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Comments:

Posted by Baja_Costero (Baja California - Zone 11b) on Feb 17, 2018 8:23 PM concerning plant:

Relatively common glaucous blue-green cactus from subtropical Brazil with stems to about 6 inches wide and at least as tall. 11-15 ribs, 12-15+ yellow spines per areole. Yellow flowers, usually in profusion. May be solitary but often branches to form multi-headed clumps over time. Provide ample space in containers and in the ground to allow branching plants room to grow wide.

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Parodia Magnifica not Fercactus glaucenscens by mcvansoest	Jan 12, 2016 3:29 PM	5
Same comment: this is Parodia magnifica not F. glaucescens by mcvansoest	Jan 12, 2016 3:29 PM	3

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