Description
The “Green Coral” also known as Super Godzilla (Supergodzilla) is an amazing cultivar with very rough, round & short leaves probably developed by Japanese growers from the famous Ariocarpus fissuratus cv. Godzilla. The “Green Coral” must be considered the next step of “Godzilla” with larger and longer green warts on the tubercles surface and there are several slightly different types or clones in circulation. The strongly structured surface and the deep colour of the plants are typical, but greener or more warty plants are in the variation range of this cultivar.
Origin and Habitat
Japan (Nursery produced cultivar)
Cultivation and Propagation
It is not too difficult in a greenhouse, although grows extremely slowly. The plants need deep pots to accommodate the napiform unit formed by the stem base and the rootstock (or they will often simply crack your pots), , and a loose mineral soil with a well-drained substrate. They need a good amount of light. Watering can be done weekly during summertime, if the weather is sunny enough, with a little fertilizer added. Kept this way, plants will show a healthy, although slow growth.
Propagation: By seeds, remembering that seedlings dislike strong light and dry conditions and need to be repotted frequently. Eventually, as they become mature, they attain a maximum size of 20 to 25 cm. But plants are often grafted to accelerate growth as they would generally take at least a decade to reach maturity on their own, but the grafted plants are typical rather tall growing, compared with plants on their own roots that are usually more flat to the ground. It starts blooming at the age of 8-12 years.
Notes
Sought by collectors seedling can up to 50 years to reach full growth of 15 cm in diameter. For this reason the plants are frequently grafted to speed up the growth.
