Tomato — Gymnocalycium mihanovichii Clone Profile
Tomato is a compact own-root Gymnocalycium mihanovichii with bold cream-yellow and green variegation flowing over sharply sculpted ribs, finished with soft peach blushing at the rib tips.
Tomato stands out immediately for its compact, low-set body and strongly modeled rib structure. Each rib rises into angular, almost folded points, giving the plant a taut, star-like silhouette rather than the smoother look many mihanovichii clones carry. Across that sculpted surface, broad cream-yellow variegation pushes through deep green tissue in irregular sectors and ribbons, creating a high-contrast pattern that reads differently from every angle. What makes Tomato especially memorable is the way its color seems to gather at the rib faces and edges: buttery yellow fields, clean green margins, and small peach-toned blushes near several tips and areoles. The sparse, fine spination keeps the body fully visible, so the clone’s pattern and geometry do the talking. Sourced from Thailand and growing on its own roots, Tomato has the poised, graphic presence collectors tend to notice instantly on the bench.
Clone Characteristics
- Body color: Deep green with broad cream-yellow variegation and light peach blushing near some rib tips.
- Variegation: Yes
- Variegation pattern: Irregular sectoral and ribbon-like cream-yellow variegation over green tissue, with contrasting green margins and occasional peach-toned blushing near the rib tips.
- Ribs: Compact plant with strongly sculpted, angular ribs forming a low, star-like body; ribs appear pointed and somewhat folded or channeled toward the apex.
- Spines: Sparse, fine, slender spines emerging from small woolly white areoles; lightly radiating and not visually dense.
- Growth form: Solitary, compact, depressed-globose to low, star-shaped body on its own roots.
- Distinctive traits: Bold cream-yellow and green variegation, angular star-like rib geometry, and subtle peach blush at several rib tips give Tomato a crisp, graphic look.
- Root status: own_root
Origin & Provenance
- Source country: Thailand
- Acquired date: 2026-05-03
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