Jade — Gymnocalycium mihanovichii Clone Profile
Jade is a compact own-root mihanovichii with chunky knuckled ribs, soft cream marbling, and fine coppery spines over matte green skin.
Jade stands out through restraint rather than spectacle: a low, depressed globose body in medium green, washed with soft cream variegation and touched with a light peach-pink blush near the lower body. The variegation reads as marbled and mottled rather than sharply sectoral, giving the plant a quiet, mineral look that suits its name. On own roots, the body stays compact and close to the soil line, emphasizing its sculptural mass. What makes Jade memorable is its rib architecture. The ribs are broad and strongly swollen, rising into rounded humps that create a low, undulating, almost knuckled silhouette. That heavy, sculpted form is set off by sparse amber-to-copper spines emerging from small white areoles—light, wiry accents rather than a dense armament. The overall effect is tactile and refined: matte skin, subdued jade-and-cream marbling, and a compact body that feels carved rather than merely grown. Source material traces this clone to Boonsamai via Wikki in Thailand.
Clone Characteristics
- Body color: Medium green with pale cream variegation and light peach-pink blush near the lower body.
- Variegation: Yes
- Variegation pattern: Soft marbled and mottled cream variegation dispersed across the ribs and body surface.
- Ribs: Broad, strongly swollen ribs with pronounced rounded humps and a low, knuckled, sculptural profile.
- Spines: Sparse, slender spines in amber to copper tones emerging from small white areoles; light and wiry rather than dense.
- Growth form: Low, depressed globose form on own roots.
- Distinctive traits: Compact own-root body with chunky undulating ribs, fine matte skin, subdued jade-green-and-cream marbling, and delicate coppery spines.
- Root status: own_root
Origin & Provenance
- Source nursery: Boonsamai
- Source person: Wikki
- Source country: Thailand
- Acquired date: 2026-05-03
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