Description
This is a very rare (unique?) monstrous Astrophytum asterias cv. Superkabuto showing peculiar characteristics. The stem is spherical flattened, almost disk shaped and densely covered by a creamy-white felt. Surprisingly a ring of slender, triangular ariocarpus-like tubercles sprout around the woolly crown.
Origin and Habitat
Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)
Cultivation and Propagation
This is a very rare plant that grows quite slowly. It is only seen as a grafted plant.
Soil: Use mineral well permeable mineral soil with little organic matter (peat, humus).
Watering: Water sparingly from March till October (weekly during summertime, if the weather is sunny enough), with a little fertilizer added. keep perfectly dry in winter.
Hardiness: Overwinter at temperatures from 5 to 15 degrees centigrade. In the rest period no high atmospheric humidity!!
Exposure: It needs a good amount of light shade to full sun this help to keep the plants healthy, although slow growth.
Propagation: Grafting. Plants are usually grafted onto column-shaped cacti.
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