Species: Heliabravoa chende
Family: Cactaceae
Pot diameter: 5.5 cm
Heliabravoa chende is a rare cactus species with a sturdy columnar shape and slow growth. It is hardy and requires full sun, as well as careful watering, only on dry substrate.
- Light: Full sun and direct light all day
- Flowering: Rare, with small flowers on mature plants
- Watering: Sparse, every 15 days in summer, almost none in winter
- Temperature: Tolerates temperatures above 5°C, avoid frost
Ideal use: Suitable for cactus and succulent collections, sunny balconies and gardens. Also used in decorative containers with stones.
Combinations: Ideal with Ferocactus for collectible display, with Echinocactus grusonii in desert-style arrangements, and with flowering succulents like Echeveria.
Origin: Heliabravoa chende is a rare genus named in honor of botanist Helia Bravo Hollis and naturally occurs in Mexico, in dry and rocky soils.
Substrate: Coarse mixture with perlite or pumice and a pot with large drainage holes.
Toxicity: Caution: it has spines, handling with gloves is required.
Dimensions
- Placement
- Indoor & Outdoor
- Bonsai
- No
- Diameter
- 5.5 cm
Special Features
- Lighting
- N/A
- Watering
- N/A
- Resistance to Cold
- N/A
- Terrarium
- No
- Aromatic
- No
Family
- Cactus
- Ferocactus
Important information
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