Melocactus Curvispinus subs. Caesius, Melon Cactus, Turk’s Cap, Gray Melon-cactus. 8" good pot.

You will get Melocactus curvispinus f. caesius shown bare root.

Habitat: Coastal areas of Venezuela, northern Colombia
They are often found growing in crevices on the on the nude rock along with some perennial grasses.

The Melocactus caesius is usually solitary and is now often considered as a subspecies of Melocactus curvispinus. The plants shows a considerable variation especially in the number of ribs.
Has stem depressed globular to oval and often narrowed above, bluish green or greyish green, up to 27 cm in diameter and up to 20(-30) cm tall.
10 to 15 ribs,

Melocactus guaricensis grows from April to October, it can't endure long stretches of total dryness, and also too much water will rot it, as its weak root systems tends to be inefficient at sucking up water from wet soil. Nonetheless, again as a result of their tropical origins, good they need a fair amount of water, but allow the soil to dry quite a bit before watering again.

The soil mix should be very quick draining, prefers very bright light, not as much as the most arid growing cacti, but plenty nonetheless.

Propagation is exclusively by Seeds. Sow in February-march in a light, sandy, porous soil. Cover germinating tray with glass to prevent seed from drying out. Germination is most successful at a temperature of 18 to 22° C.


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