Tephrocactus articulatus v. papyracanthus
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El Tephrocactus articulatus Ndi nkhadze yomwe ili ndi mawonekedwe achidwi omwe amakopa chidwi chachikulu. Siyo nkhono yamtundu wa cactus yomwe imafikira kutalika kwa mamitala angapo, koma ndiyomwe imakhala yochepa, yomwe ndiyabwino ngati tikufuna kumera mumphika.
Ngakhale ndizosavuta kuzipeza zogulitsa ku nazale, ndi anthu ochepa kwambiri omwe amadziwa kukula kwake komanso mtundu wa maluwa awo. Ngati mukufuna kusiya kukhala m'modzi wa iwo, osasiya kuwerenga.
Tephrocactus articulatus Ndilo dzina la sayansi lodziwika bwino ku cactus ku Argentina, makamaka Córdoba, Mendoza, Salta, San Luis ndi Santiago del Estero lomwe Ludwig Karl Georg Pleiffer ndi Curt Backeberg adalongosola mu 1953.
Amadziwika ndikukula molunjika, ndi zimayambira zooneka ngati bwalolo kapena zibonga zomwe zimayeza pafupifupi 5cm m'mimba mwake ndi 30 mpaka 120cm kutalika.. Mwa iwo titha kuwona kuchokera pamabwalo 4 mpaka 40 pagawo lililonse, pomwe minga nthawi zambiri imamera kuchokera pa 1 mpaka 8 yosinthika komanso yolimba yomwe kutalika kwake kumakhala mpaka 15 cm. Maluwawo ndi oyera kapena pinki ndipo amatalika 4,5 kutalika ndi 8,3 cm m'mimba mwake. Chipatsochi chimakhala chozungulira mozungulira ndipo ndi 3cm kutalika.
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Pakulima zimawoneka ngati zosavuta kusamalira ndi kusamalira nkhadze, yomwe imakhutira ndikuyika dzuwa lonse, mu gawo lapansi lomwe limatuluka bwino (monga masaya kapena mchenga wamtsinje) ndipo amawathirira pang'ono, kupewa madzi nthawi zonse. Komabe, kuti ikule bwino, ndibwino kuti mubzala akasupe awiri aliwonse ndikuwathira manyowa kuchokera kumapeto kwa nthawi yophukira ndi feteleza wamchere wamadzi kutsatira malangizo omwe afotokozedwa phukusili.
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