How to tend a Ferocactus glaucescens
Also known as: Neoporteria mammillarioides (Hook.) Backeb., Pyrrhocactus mammillarioides (Hook.) Backeb., Parrycactus glaucescens (DC.) Doweld, Echinocactus dietrichianus C.F.Först., Echinocactus glaucescens DC., Echinocactus hybocentrus Lehm. ex Pfeiff., Echinocactus mammillarioides Hook., Echinocactus pfeifferi Zucc. ex Pfeiff., Echinocactus theiacanthus Lem., Echinocactus theionacanthus Lem., Echinofossulocactus pfeifferi (Zucc.) Lawr., Ferocactus pfeifferi (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Backeb., Malacocarpus mammillarioides (Hook.) Britton & Rose, Echinocactus nummularioides Steud., Neoporteria subgibbosa var. mammillarioides (Hook.) Donald & G.D.Rowley
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Resistant to drought, water thoroughly when soil is dry, reduce watering in winter dormancy
Sunlight
Like sunshine, put in sunny places, shade properly under summer strong light
Soil
Peat and akadama mixed in 3:1 ratio
Fertilizer
Dilute fertilizers following instructions, apply once monthly in spring to autumn
Pruning
Remove dead and rotten part timely
About this plant
- Origin
- South America
- Category
- Cactaceae, Ferocactus
- Size
- Diameter ⥠5 cm, height ⥠3 cm
- Blooming period
- Succulent plants, sometimes flowers with a short period flowering time 2-3 days
- Flower colors
- Green, flower color light yellow, orange, pink
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