Gymnocalycium mihanovichii’Hibotan '
Hibotan , Red Cap Cactus , Red Hibotan , Ruby Ball
Gymnocalycium friedrichii’Rubra',Gymnocalycium mihanovichiivar.friedrichiif.rubra , Gymnocalycium mihanovichiivar.rubrum , Gymnocalycium mihanovichiif.rubra
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Family : CactaceaeSubfamily : CactoideaeTribe : TrichocereeaeGenus : Gymnocalycium
A large group of democratic cultivars ofGymnocalycium mihanovichiiwith stems that lack chlorophyll .
Gymnocalycium mihanovichii’Hibotan ' is a beautiful modest cactus with usually red-faced but also orangish , dark purplish , yellow , or even white stems . The seedlings of these chlorophyll - deprived cactus are graft onto fast - originate cactus , usuallyHylocereus , a base plant that provides the necessary chlorophyl for the upper plant to thrive . The stems are globose to subglobose , up to 4 inches ( 10 centimetre ) improbable and 5 inch ( 12.5 cm ) in diameter , often produce legion offset . They have 8 to 14 deep ribs line with clusters of spines and with roller - shaped inspissation around areoles . Each areole assume 3 to 6 sorry brown , up to 0.4 inches ( 1 cm ) long radial spine . The central spine are usually unsent .
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The flowers are funnel - shaped , pale - pink to purplish - pink , up to 3 inches ( 7.5 cm ) long , and come out in summer . Fruits are gray - light-green to pinkish - red , up to 1.6 inches ( 4 cm ) long , and up to 0.4 inches ( 1 cm ) in diameter .
USDA hardiness zones9b to 11b : from 25 ° F ( −3.9 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° one C ) .
SomeGymnocalyciums are tincture - quest in the wild , among shrubs or dope , while others grow completely disclose . Therefore , some will need light shade from the sun in the hot month , but to exaggerate this will ensue in the release of flowers .
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The rest of thepotting mediumshould be sufficient to allow good drainage so that the plants do not sit around in swampy soil for more than a day or two after watering .
While the plants grow well in the summer , watering can be frequent ( weekly for small plant life in pocket-size quite a little ) , but always allow the soil to dry out out well-nigh before rewatering . lacrimation in the wintertime calendar month is certainly not necessary . The hard sentence are spring and fall .
Those species that grow offsets can be readily propagated by cuttings . The seeds evolve well when refreshed and will keep for a few years if stored in cold conditions .
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