Henderson, NV (Zone 9b) | February 2005 | positive
This cactus was originally in the genus Mammillaria, but was moved to the genus Cochemiea. The stem is 1 1/2"- 2" across and can grow to...Read More 6' long. Eventually this plant will droop or hang. The scarlet flowers are about 1" across and a little longer. This plant was from southern Baja California. A very nice plant that is easy to grow, but my plant sometimes have problems with meally bugs. Propagation is by cutting.
Highly ornamental species with incredible flowers end of summer- very NON-mammillaria-like showy red-orange flowers on the end of a somet...Read Moreimes very long pendant/prostrate plant covered with hooked spines (columns up to 4' long or more, but doesn't really have any 'height').
Planted it in a pot in yard, and expected it to 'droop' out of pot like I had seen it do at the Huntington... but growth has been more 'standart' upright cactus growth, and flowered wonderfully mid summer in southern California
This cactus was originally in the genus Mammillaria, but was moved to the genus Cochemiea. The stem is 1 1/2"- 2" across and can grow to...Read More
Highly ornamental species with incredible flowers end of summer- very NON-mammillaria-like showy red-orange flowers on the end of a somet...Read More