Escobaria

This uncommon (but very nice) cactus, has tiny finger shaped stems and will slowly form small clusters with dense golden spines. Spines are gold-amber coloured. Flowers tiny pale yellow on the apex.

Escobaria missouriensis ssp.navajoensis (Neobesseya) is an interesting type of Escobaria missouriensis but tiny. The stem is flattened only a 1-3 cm broad, so it's a very small species. The flower is yellow, small (2-3 cm). The spines are very short.

Escobaria missouriensis v. wissmannii (syn: Neobesseya wissmannii) is the Texan population of Escobaria missouriensis. The flower is almost apical, with fringed petals, from light greenish yellow to yellow-green, with central stripes of green or rosy pink

Very hardy form from Canada! Frost hardy down to -20° (or less). Nice clustering stems with amazing pink flowers.