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Gymnocalycium schroederianum is a small, dark grey-green globular cactus from Argentina and Uruguay, grown for its ribbed stem and its large funnel-shaped flowers that appear readily even on young plants. The key to growing it is strong light, good drainage and a dry winter rest.
Gymnocalycium schroederianum is a species of Gymnocalycium from Argentina and Uruguay.
This species is found growing in woodlands and open forest growing in clay soil in Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Santa Fe and Entre Ríos, Argentina and in Río Negro, Uruguay at elevations between 100 and 500 meters.
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum · Cactus · Gymnocalycium andreae · Spider Cactus · Gymnocalycium anisitsii · Gymnocalycium baldianum · Gymnocalycium bayrianum · Gymnocalycium berchtii · Gymnocalycium bodenbenderianum · Gymnocalycium bruchii · Gymnocalycium cabreraense · Gymnocalycium calochlorum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gymnocalycium schroederianum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
