Notocactus ottonis Pogonia NC garden of the late

NC garden of the late plantsman Bobby Wilder

a wide raspberry-pink bowl highlighted by a contrasting white bomb-type center

This is a great border hosta for the woodland garden

clumped a lot

Notocactus ottonis Pogonia NC garden of the late(aka: Parodia ottonis) Notocactus ottonis another of the wonderful southern South American ball cactus that have thrived in our trials. This one hails from southern Brazil, Uruguay, southern Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina, where it can be found in grasslands. This easy to grow species is quite precocious, flowering with a mass of yellow flowers when quite young, usually starting for us in early May. The green balls are solitary when young, but