Plastic — Gymnocalycium mihanovichii Clone Profile
Plastic is a compact own-root Gymnocalycium mihanovichii with sharply faceted ribs, glowing orange-pink color, and inky green-black marbling tucked into the valleys.
Plastic stands out immediately for its lacquered, almost synthetic look—an apt match for the name. The body reads in hot orange to pink, with each rib rising into crisp, angular points that give the plant a sculpted, star-cut profile from above. Dark green to near-black marbling pools along the rib seams and lower flanks, adding contrast and making the saturated body color feel even brighter.
On its own roots, this clone presents as a small, tight, geometric plant with short, minimal spination that leaves the body pattern fully visible. The overall impression is clean, graphic, and unusually polished: a mihanovichii whose strongest appeal is the interplay of glowing color, dark flecking, and hard-edged rib architecture. Sourced from Noey in Thailand.
Clone Characteristics
- Body color: Orange to pink with darker green-black areas
- Variegation: Present
- Variegation pattern: Orange-pink body coloration with irregular dark green to near-black marbling concentrated along rib seams and lower rib surfaces
- Ribs: Strongly defined, sharply faceted ribs with pronounced triangular points
- Spines: Very short, sparse, pale yellow to straw-colored spines
- Growth form: Compact, solitary globose plant on its own roots
- Distinctive traits: Glossy, high-contrast body coloration paired with angular, star-like rib geometry and dark marbled shading
- Root status: own_root
Origin & Provenance
- Source nursery: Noey
- Source country: Thailand
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