Escobaria vivipara(Nutt . ) Buxb .
Beehive Cactus , Pincushion Cactus , Pink Pincushion Cactus , Purple Ball Cactus , Spinystar , Spinystar Cactus , Viviparous Foxtail Cactus
Cactus viviparus , Coryphantha vivipara
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Family : CactaceaeSubfamily : CactoideaeTribe : CacteaeGenus : Escobaria
The native range ofEscobaria viviparais from northernMexicoto theCanadianprairies .
Escobaria viviparais a smallcactuswith spherical to unretentive cylindrical base with more or less grooved tubercules , each bung with a moderately woolly areole from which the spines emerge . It grows solitary or in clumps of up to 30 stalk . The stems grow up to 8 inches ( 20 cm ) tall and 4.4 inches ( 11 cm ) in diameter . Each areole bears 3 to 14 central and 10 to 40 stellate spines . The central spinal column are cerise or basally white and up to 1 inch ( 2.5 cm ) long . radiate spine are white and up to 0.9 inches ( 2.2 atomic number 96 ) long .
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The blossom are pale rose - pink to reddish pinko or magenta , sometimes with darker midstripes or shading to white or pale greenish . They are funnel - work , up to 2.2 inch ( 5.5 atomic number 96 ) long , up to 2.7 inches ( 6.7 cm ) in diameter , and seem from the axils of tubercules near the top of the stem in summer . Fruits are green , with expose portions slowly turning softened brownish - red . They are oval to obovoid , up to 1.1 inch ( 2.8 atomic number 96 ) long and up to 0.8 inches ( 2 curium ) in diameter , and comprise hopeful cherry dark-brown seeds .
USDA hardiness zones4a to 10b : from -30 ° F ( -34.4 ° C ) to 40 ° F ( +4.4 ° 100 ) .
Escobarias are very susceptible to waste and , therefore , expect well - drained soil without any urine excess or doldrums ; it has been observed that the plants also endure from environmental humidness , which should preferably stay very low ( 30 - 50 % ) . Avoid watering during the wintertime , when the plant is hibernating : wateringEscobariain stale environmental conditions will almost certainly run to the death of the plant life . The plants , whose growing is typically quite slow , perceive a significant temperature difference between night and day in the grow season . The average wintertime minimum temperature , in general , should not descend below 42 to 46 ° F ( 6 to 8 ° C ) unless there are individual exclusion ; adult plant can hold frosts that are also very intense , but only if the temperature rises again quickly .
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The experient raiser knows well the difficulty of survival in this genus , which is sure enough not one of the easiest to grow . The ejaculate germination charge per unit is lower than other genera . In fact , other extension method are preferable , such as offsets or thinning .
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