Haageocereus Tenuis

Haageocereus Tenuis Care

Haageocereus Lanugispinus

What is the plant

Haageocereus lanugispinus is a very rare and poorly known cactus that produces finger sized, sprawling stems offsetting from the base. The peculiarity of this plant is the nice fine spination. It seems that there is only ONE clone propagated in collections worldwide!Taxonomy note: According to the “The New Cactus Lexicon" Haageocereus lanugispinus is a synonym of Haageocereus tenuis. In effect the seeds of tenuis are very similar to those of lanugispinus, but in culture, there are a lot of differences, in particular the spination in tenuis is much less dense. Both are beautiful anyway.

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Humidity

Dry

Lighting

Full Sun

Temperature

min -5°C

Difficulty

Easy

How to Care for the Plant

Water
They are susceptible to overwatering, but need enough water during vegetation.
Fertilizer
It is a slow-growing plant and because of that it does not need a lot of fertilising; once every 15 days during the growing season using a specific product for cacti.
Sunlight
This species needs a good amount of sun.

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Soil
a well drained mineral potting mix.
Temperature
They tolerate light frost -5 °C and need to be kept in a cool place during winter rest this is important for the flowers as well as for their health. Without this cool winter period they normally wont get many buds.
Container
This mountain cactus necessitate deep pots and a well drained mineral potting mix.