Escobaria minima(Baird ) D. R. Hunt
Birdfoot Cactus , Dwarf Cory Cactus , Least Cory Cactus , Nellie Cory Cactus , Nellie ’s Pincushion Cactus
Coryphantha minima , Coryphantha nellieae , Escobaria nellieae , Mammillaria nellieae , Neobesseya minima
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Family : CactaceaeSubfamily : CactoideaeTribe : CacteaeGenus : Escobaria
Escobaria minimais native to the Chihuahuan Desert in theUnited States , where it grows in mats ofSelaginellain rock crevices . It is constitute only in Brewster County , Texas , where three universe stay on near Marathon .
Escobaria minima , formerly hump asCoryphantha minima , is a smallcactuswith spheric to cylindrical stems with cone-shaped nodule lean with heavy clump of wan tan to pinkish gray spines . In its natural home ground , it commonly grows nonsocial or in chemical group of 2 to 3 stem but is branch profusely in culture . The fore are up to 1.1 column inch ( 2.7 cm ) tall and 1 in ( 2.5 centimeter ) in diam . Each areole bears 1 to 4 central and 13 to 24 radiate spine , all about 0.2 inches ( 0.5 curium ) long .
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The flowers are pale pink wine - garden pink to magenta , shade gradually to paler pinkish or white basally , and sometimes with darker midstripes . They are funnel - shaped , up to 0.6 inches ( 1.5 cm ) long , and up to 1.1 inches ( 2.7 cm ) in diameter . They seem at the top of the stems in several flushes , primarily in mid - outpouring . Fruits are green , sometimes slightly yellow tinted , more or less egg - shaped , up to 0.25 inches ( 0.6 cm ) long , and up to 0.15 inches ( 0.4 cm ) in diam .
USDA hardiness zones9a to 11b : from 20 ° F ( −6.7 ° light speed ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
Escobarias are very susceptible to decompose . Therefore , they require well - drained soil without any water surfeit or stagnation . It has been observed that the plants also suffer from environmental humidness , which should preferably remain very humbled ( 30 to 50 % ) . Avoidwateringduring the winter , when the plant is dormant . WateringEscobariain stale environmental stipulation will almost certainly moderate to the death of the plant . In the growing season , the works , whose growth is typically quite slow , like to comprehend a pregnant temperature difference between Nox and day .
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The experient grower lie with well the difficulties of survival of the members of this genus , which is for certain not one of the easiest to grow . The seed germination rate is gloomy than other genus , and other multiplication method , such as offset or cut , are preferred .
Learn more atHow to develop and Care for Escobaria .
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