How to tend a Ferocactus histrix
Also known as: Bisnaga electracantha (Lem.) Orcutt, Bisnaga histrix (DC.) Doweld, Echinocactus coulteri G.Don, Echinocactus electracanthus Lem., Echinocactus histrix DC., Echinocactus hystrichacanthus Lem., Echinocactus melocactiformis DC., Echinocactus oxypterus Zucc. ex Pfeiff., Echinocactus pfersdorffii Schelle, Echinocactus pycnoxyphus Lem., Echinofossulocactus oxypterus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Lawr., Ferocactus melocactiformis (DC.) Britton & Rose, Echinocactus electracanthus var. rufispinus Müll.Arg.
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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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