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A beautiful
hybrid
with large yellow woolly areoles
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Description: The superb
feature of some of this hybrids is due to the intersection between the
traits of the ancestors and make them very desirable. Ribs are sharp
(usually eight) and have short spines clearly indicating the
relationship with A. senilis var. aureum. The main characteristic of
this hybrids are the yellow woolly areoles, as the plants age the
areoles become more and more large,
woolly and colourful. The older
specimens are often very handsome. This hybrids are strong but slow growing. The
flower are also very beautiful.
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The main characteristic of
this hybrids are the yellow woolly areoles, as the plants age the
areoles become more and more large, woolly and colourful. The older
specimens are often very handsome.
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family) Plants obtained by
controlled pollination of
♀Astrophytum asterias
x ♂Astrophytum
senilis aureum
Origin:
Garden origin (Nursery
produced cultivar)
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix 2.
Compare with the inverse hybrid
SEN(AU)-AS which is similar but with (usually)
longer spines.
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Cultivation: Although regarded as a choice and difficult plant in cultivation it is
relatively easy to grow. It is sometime seen as a grafted plant but grows very
well on its own roots too. Use mineral well
permeable substratum with little organic matter (peat, humus). Water
sparingly from
March till October and keep perfectly dry in
winter
at temperatures from 5 to 15 degrees centigrade.
(but it is
Hardy to -7°C for short periods) In
the rest period no high atmospheric humidity!!
Sun Exposure:
Light shade to full sun.
Propagation: They can be propagated easily from seed or graft.
Photo of Astrophytum hybrids:
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