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Rebutia heliosa cv. Yellow

Family: CACTACEAE · Cultivar of Rebutia heliosa

Description

It is a new graceful cultivar. In summer the stem of this beautiful plant is of a pure canary yellow, in winter reddish a little and the apex turns greenish .

Origin and Habitat

Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

Cultivation and Propagation

Variegated and albinous cacti are regarded as choice and difficult in cultivation, but despite that many of them are relatively easy to grow. But be aware that they cannot tolerate prolonged exposure to direct sun light (especially during the hottest summer days), so grow them in half-shade or under filtered sun. They are sometime seen as grafted plants, but many grow well on their own roots, too.

On the contrary, the albinos can survive only if grafted on a strong green base.

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. (In general these plants are more tender and cannot endure freezing temperatures ) In the rest period no high atmospheric humidity!!

Propagation: Usually by seed. Plants are often grafted onto column-shaped cacti.