Cishe ingenye ye-cacti edume kakhulu emhlabeni wonke. I- I-Echinocactus grusonii Yisitshalo esimise okomgqomo esingantuli kunoma yikuphi ukuqoqwa okumnandi, futhi kaningi asitholakali ezingadini.
Yize ihlome ngameva amade futhi abukhali, le cactus ihlala iyintokozo ukuba nayo, njengoba ukutshalwa kwayo akunzima nhlobo.
Izici
I-Echinocactus grusonii igama lesayensi le-cactus elachazwa nguHeinrich Hildmann futhi lashicilelwa eMonatsschrift für Kakteenkunde ngo-1981. Namuhla laziwa ngamagama ahlukahlukene, njengesihlalo sikamamezala, ibhola legolide, umgqomo wegolide noma i-hedgehog cactus. Kugcwele enkabeni yeMexico, kusuka eTamaulipas kuye esifundazweni saseHidalgo. Ngaphandle kokuthandwa kwayo, kufakwe ohlwini lwezinto ezisengozini yokuqothulwa.
Kubonakala ngokuthi babe nesimo seglobular esinokuphakama okungadlula imitha elilodwa nobubanzi obuzungeze amasentimitha angama-50. Inezimbambo eziphakathi kuka-21 no-37, izimbambo ezincanyana, ezinezinkundla ezimhlophe ezimhlophe futhi kamuva zibe mpunga, lapho kuvela khona imiqolo ephakathi kuka-3 no-5 emaphakathi engaba ngu-5cm, nezicubu ezibalelwa ku-8-10 ezisabalalayo ezingaphezu kuka-3cm ubude. Izimbali zikhula zisuka kuma-areolas angenhla, zilinganiswa phakathi kuka-4 no-7cm ubude futhi cishe zibe ngu-5cm ububanzi entwasahlobo futhi kuphela kuzinhlobo zabantu abadala.
Izinhlobonhlobo
Izinhlobo eziyinhloko yilezi:
I-Echinocactus grusonii var. albispinus
I-Echinocactus grusonii var. umabhebhana
I-Echinocactus grusonii var. i-curvispinus
Amasiko
Uma sikhuluma ngokulima, kulula kakhulu. Idinga ukuvezwa libalele kepha livikelwe yiqhwa. Izinhlobonhlobo zabantu abadala nezizijwayele zingamelana neziphepho ngezikhathi ezithile ngaphandle kwezinkinga, kepha ezincane zivame ukuba nesikhathi esinzima lapho izinga lokushisa lehla ngaphansi kwezingu-0 degrees.
Noma kunjalo, iyi-cactus efanelekile kubaqalayo kusukela lapho kufanele uyinisele kabili ngesonto ehlobo futhi njalo ezinsukwini eziyi-2-15 unyaka wonke, bese uyivundisa ngamanyolo ketshezi we-cacti kusuka ekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo kuye ekuqaleni kwekwindla kulandela izinkomba ezichazwe kupakethe lomkhiqizo. Ngokunjalo, ukuze ikhule kahle, izodinga ukufakelwa entwasahlobo iye ebhodweni elibanzi elingu-2-3cm.