Named for the Argentine biologist Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi, Parodia is a genus of about fifty species of globular to short columnar cacti native to Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil. The former genus Notocactus is now included in the genus. Species range from small globular plants to columnars up to three feet tall. Some are solitary and some produce offsets. All produce large colorful flowers.
     Most Parodias are easy to grow but some are known to be rot prone. They should be potted in a mix with a little extra grit or perlite added and watered very sparingly in winter and moderately the rest of the year. They are easy to propagate from seeds or offsets.

I have several species of Parodia.

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Parodia mammulosa ssp eugeniae	Parodia roseolutea	Parodia scopa ssp. neobuenekeri	Parodia mammulosa
Parodia magnifica	Parodia leninghausii "Golden Ball"	Parodia erubescens	Parodia herteri
Parodia haselbergii "Scarlet Ball"	Parodia turecekiana	Parodia scopa	Parodia microsperma
Parodia penicillata	Parodia scopa ssp. succinea	Parodia rutilans	Parodia erinacea
Parodia subterranea

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