Melocactus neryi
10.00€
Art. 41434
Available: 1
Size:
Pot: 14 cm.
Family:
Cactaceae
Origin:
Brazil
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Description:
This little-known plant has a spherical grayish-green body, slightly depressed at the apex. It has deeply furrowed longitudinal ribs, from which slightly curved and rather robust light gray spines emerge. At a certain age of the plant, when the cactus stops growing, a whitish spherical cephalium develops at the apex of the plant, formed by red bristles, from which small light or dark magenta flowers with thin petals bloom. The cephalium tends to grow, not in diameter, but only in height, assuming a characteristic cylindrical shape, that also gives an idea of the age of the plant.
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We need 2-3 business days to prepare your plants. As soon as we have shipped your order, you will receive an email with the data to track the shipment. Delivery times with express courier are 24/48 hours, for the islands - an extra day is expected.
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We need 2-3 business days to prepare your plants. As soon as we have shipped your order, you will receive an email with the data to track the shipment. Delivery times with express courier are 24/48 hours, for the islands - an extra day is expected.
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Plant care:
It likes an exposure to full sun in rather airy locations. Fare attenzione a bruschi sbalzi di Temperature.
It is preferable to keep it at mild temperatures and never below 10 °C, for this reason it is recommended to shelter it during the winter period.
In spring-summer, water moderately but only when the soil is completely dry, and suspend watering completely during autumn-winter.
A well-draining and porous soil is an optimal solution, even better if further enriched with 70% of inert materials such as pumice, sand or lapilli.
They do not need frequent fertilization, it is sufficient to dilute the fertilizer with watering once a year.