Plant profile:
Austrocylindropuntia floccosa
Family:
Cactaceae - Opuntioideae
Habitat (Origin):
Peru (Bolivia) high elevations above 3000 m
Soil:
Mix / grit+humous+loam - acid or neutral
Sun:
Maximum
Growing/watering periode:
June,July to January, no watering from February to June.
Minimal average temperature:
5 °C (2 °C)
Absolute minimal temperature (SK-KE):
takes some frost (-5 °C)
Flower:
orange, yellow-red
Reproduction:
seeds / cuttings
Synonyms:
Austrocylindropuntia/Opuntia lagopa, Opuntia floccosa,
Opuntia rauhii var. floccosa, Tephrocactus floccosus