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
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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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