Peridot — Gymnocalycium mihanovichii Clone Profile
Peridot is a compact own-root Gymnocalycium mihanovichii with sharply sculpted ribs, dark green skin, and smoky peach-to-rose variegation tucked between the angles.
Peridot earns its name through contrast rather than brightness. The body is low and compact, built from pronounced, angular ribs that rise into pointed peaks and deep valleys, giving the plant a crisp, faceted silhouette. Across that dark green base, variegation appears in muted mineral tones—peach, amber, blush pink, and dusky rose—settling into the lower rib faces and seams like stained stone rather than broad flashes. The surface texture adds another layer of appeal: fine, pebbled epidermis, clean white areoles, and slender pale spines that keep the profile airy instead of heavy. On its own roots, Peridot presents as a grounded, jewel-toned clone with a distinctly sculptural presence, especially appealing to collectors drawn to mihanovichii forms where shape and restrained color work together rather than compete.
Clone Characteristics
- Body color: Dark green with smoky charcoal shading and muted peach, amber, blush pink, and dusky rose variegated areas.
- Variegation: Present.
- Variegation pattern: Patchy to banded variegation concentrated along lower rib faces, seams, and occasional rib flanks in muted peach, amber, pink, and rose tones.
- Ribs: Compact body with strongly angular, sharply peaked ribs and deep intervening valleys, creating a crisp, faceted outline.
- Spines: Slender, pale straw-colored spines emerging from small white woolly areoles; light and airy in presentation.
- Growth form: Compact, solitary globose plant on its own roots.
- Distinctive traits: A sculptural own-root mihanovichii with sharply geometric ribs, pebbled epidermis, and restrained mineral-toned variegation that reads as smoky and jewel-like rather than bright.
- Root status: own_root
Origin & Provenance
- Source country: Thailand
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