Cyphostemma cirrhosum Big Plant! Crassulaceae Parodia graessneri This is a

Parodia graessneri  This is a very attractive smaller species covered in bristle like golden yellow spines

The leaves form in the spring and summer and the plant grows until fall

The leaves and vines are fine in full sun

These plants lack the yellow central spine sometimes seen in the species

This is a small clumping species with a gray-green body

Cyphostemma cirrhosum Big Plant! Crassulaceae Parodia graessneri This is aCyphostemma cirrhosum Family: Vitaceae. This grape relative is an interesting caudiciform with thick green leaves and vines. The caudex itself is extremely attractive, especially once it starts gaining some size. It is fat with peeling white to brownish skin or bark. The plant grows as a vine and the caudex will get several inches thick in time. A mature plant can be raised to show off the woody roots too. Easy to grow. Likes a fair amount of water