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Aztekium ritteri Seeds

Rare Exotic Cactus

The genus Aztekium contains three species of small globular cactus. Discovered in 1929 by F. Ritter, in Rayones, Nuevo León, Mexico, this genus was thought to be monotypic until a second species was discovered by George S. Hinton, in Galeana, Nuevo León in 1991.

Aztekium ritteri is a rare species of cactus, in the genus Aztekium. In Mexico, Aztekium ritterii it is called Peyotillo. However, even though it contains N-methyltyramine, hordenine, anhalidine, mescaline, pellotine, and 3-methoxytyramine, there have been no ethnobotanical reports that state that it has ever been used by the indigenous people of the area. The Aztekium ritteri blooms throughout the summer, producing an abundance of white and pink flowers measuring less than one centimetre in diameter. These flowers are followed by small pink fruit that open when ripe and let out tiny seeds.