How to tend a Ferocactus latispinus

Also known as: Melocactus besleri-affinis Pfeiff., Melocactus recurvus Link & Otto, Melocactus latispinus Pfeiff., Mammillaria latispina (Haw.) Tate, Bisnaga cornigera (DC.) Orcutt, Bisnaga latispina (Haw.) Doweld, Bisnaga recurva subsp. latispina (Haw.) Doweld, Cactus cornigerus Moc. & Sessé ex DC., Cactus latispinus Haw., Cactus nobilis L., Cactus recurvus Mill., Cactus recurvus (Lehm.) Kuntze, Cereus recurvus Link & Otto ex Steud., Echinocactus corniger DC., Echinocactus corniger var. flavispinus J.N.Haage ex C.F.Först., Echinocactus corniger f. flavispinus (J.N.Haage ex C.F.Först.) Schelle, Echinocactus curvicornis Miq., Echinocactus latispinus (Haw.) Hemsl., Echinocactus latispinus var. flavispinus (J.N.Haage) F.A.C.Weber, Echinocactus nobilis Haw., Echinocactus nobilis (L.) Druce, Echinocactus recurvus (Mill.) Link & Otto, Echinocactus recurvus var. latispinus (Haw.) Mittl., Echinocactus recurvus var. solenacanthus (Scheidw.) Salm-Dyck, Echinocactus recurvus f. solenacanthus (Scheidw.) Schelle, Echinocactus recurvus var. tricuspidatus C.F.Först., Echinocactus solenacanthus Scheidw., Echinocactus spiralis var. stellaris (Hemsl.) Salm-Dyck, Echinocactus stellaris Hemsl., Echinocactus stellatus Scheidw., Echinofossulocactus angustispinus Lawr., Echinofossulocactus cornigerus (DC.) Lawr., Echinofossulocactus elatior Lawr., Echinofossulocactus recurvus (Mill.) Lawr., Echinofossulocactus rubrospinus Lawr., Ferocactus latispinus var. flavispinus (J.N.Haage) Backeb. & F.M.Knuth, Ferocactus nobilis (L.) Britton & Rose, Ferocactus recurvus f. flavispinus (Haage ex C.F.Först.) G.Unger, Ferocactus recurvus var. latispinus (Haw.) G.Unger, Echinocactus corniger var. latispinus C.F.Först., Echinocactus corniger var. rubrispinosus DC., Echinocactus recurvus var. bicolor R.S.Cowan, Echinofossulocactus cornigerus var. angustispinus Lawr., Echinofossulocactus cornigerus var. elatior Lawr., Echinofossulocactus cornigerus var. rubrospinus Lawr., Echinofossulocactus recurvus var. campylacanthus Lawr., Echinocactus cornigerus DC., Echinocactus corniger var. latispinus (Haw.) Voss, Echinofossulocactus corniger Lawr., Echinofossulocactus corniger var. angustispinus (Lawr.) Lawr., Echinofossulocactus corniger var. elatior (Lawr.) Lawr., Echinofossulocactus corniger var. rubrospinus (Lawr.) Lawr., Ferocactus latispinus var. recurvus (Mill.) Lodé

Watering

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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