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Description:
Clustering.
Flowers: 1 cm white flowers with pink
midstripes at the end of
winter in February-March.
Spines: No central spines ; about 16-21 radials ( 2-4 mm ), feathery white to
yellow.
Fruit: Red
Seeds: Black.Cultivation: It is a
relatively rapid growing species. This
is easily grown into clumps, but it does often have an irregular pattern
of offsetting. Water regularly in summer, but do
not overwater (Rot prone)
Use pot with good drainage and a very porous potting media,
keep dry in winter.
Feed with a high potassium
fertilizer in summer.
It is quite frost resistant if kept dry, hardy as low as -5° C.
Outside full sun or afternoon shade, inside needs bright light, and some
direct sun.
Easily clustering and easily flowered. Most plants will offset readily,
and clumps can be produced in a few years.
Propagation:
Division, direct sow after last
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