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            Cultivation: Such 
        kind of hybrid cacti are regarded as choice and difficult in 
        cultivation, but despite that
        many of them are 
        relatively easy to grow.  They cannot tolerate 
        prolonged exposure to direct sun light (especially during the hottest 
        summer days), so grow them in half-shade or under filtered sun. 
        They are  sometime seen as grafted plants, but many grow well on 
        their own roots, too. Use mineral well-permeable substratum with little 
        organic matter (peat, humus). Water sparingly from
        March till October and keep perfectly dry in 
        winter at temperatures from 5 to 15 degrees centigrade. 
        (In general these plants are more  tender and cannot endure 
        freezing temperatures ) In the rest period no high atmospheric 
        humidity!! 
 Propagation: Almost usually by seed. Plants are often grafted 
        onto column-shaped cacti.
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