Description
A. myriostigma nudum cv. MAIDEN BLUSH differs from the standard “nudum” for its mauve-green color overall and shine epidermis.
Stem: Spherical to shortly columnar with age and is shaped like a bishop’s headpiece or a star.
Spines: None.
Ribs: 5.
Flowes: 5 cm in length, pale-yellow, silk-shining.
Blooming season: Spring to summer.
Origin and Habitat
Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)
Cultivation and Propagation
it is not difficult in a greenhouse, although grows quite slowly. It is sometime seen as a grafted plant but grows very well on its own roots too. Use mineral well permeable mineral soil with little organic matter (peat, humus). Water sparingly from March till October (weekly during summertime, if the weather is sunny enoughand) , with a little fertilizer added. keep perfectly dry in winter at temperatures from 5 to 15 degrees centigrade. (but it is relatively cold resistant and hardy to -7° (-10°)C for short periods) In the rest period no high atmospheric humidity!! They need a good amount of light shade to full sun this help to keep the plants healthy, although slow growth.
Propagation: Seed that germinate rapidly. Plants are sometimes grafted onto column-shaped cacti.
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