R. hadrosoma Lindberg

Info in Backeberg's Lexicon. Reduced to synonymy under R. grandiflora by Barthlott and Taylor Bradleya 13

• Body. shrubby, freely branching, creeping, on trees and rocks;
• Trunk l0 - l5 cm long.:
• Terminal shoots, solitary. or in 2's or 3's, cylindric, to 10 cm long, 1.5 - 2 cm thick, rounded. truncate above, matt, light green, bristly at first;
• Areoles little felty, surrounded by a red ring:
• Flowers. lateral, numerous, to 2 cm diam opening widely,
• Petals. strongly revolute, white:
• Fruit. to 1 cm diam, dark purple.
• Habitat - Brazil (Sao Paulo).

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