Gymnocalycium ochoterenae

Gymnocalycium ochoterenae is a cactus. It comes from Argentina and belongs to the cactus family, Cactaceae. Kew places its home range in San Luis and Córdoba. Kew classes the climate in its home range as subtropical. The RHS also names Argentina as its home range. These records agree on the country where it grows wild. The plant is not native to Britain or Ireland.

Kew calls its growth form a succulent subshrub. The supplied records give no full-grown height for this species. Nor do they say how wide it can grow. There are no sizes here to show its mature spread. The same records lack details on its stems, ribs, and spines. They do not say what colour its flowers are. They also give no details on the form of its fruit.

The RHS accepts the name Gymnocalycium ochoterenae. It lists Gymnocalycium vatteri as another name for the same plant. The term for such a name is a synonym. It also lists Gymnocalycium ochoterenae subsp. vatteri as a synonym. The detailed notes on how to grow plants use other names. They concern taxa with names that differ from this species. Those notes do not show what care this species needs. The names listed by the RHS do not close that gap.

The evidence for this species gives no plan for watering. It does not say how much light the plant needs. It leaves the plant's soil needs unclear as well. The records do not show how much cold it can take. They give no bloom season for this species. They name no pests or diseases for it, either. These gaps mean the supplied records cannot settle those care points. Notes on taxa with other names do not settle them.

The supplied records do not show which parts are edible. They also do not establish whether the plant is toxic. A lack of such facts does not show it is safe. Do not read these gaps as proof of safety. The records leave both food use and toxicity open. They give no basis here to call any part safe to eat.