Wigginsia Tephracantha

Wigginsia Tephracantha

€2.50

Broadly orbicular flattened and growing partly underground, but the plant’s stem in cultivation is usually globular or ovoidal and aerial, up to 20 cm tall, 15 cm in diameter, bright glossy green, dark green or grey-green. The apex is depressed and filled with whitish-grey wool.
Lemon yellow with glossy petals (sometime shaded with pink), up to about 4-5 cm in diameter, and standing near the top, decorated with about 8 to 10 red pistil lobes which emphasize the yellow of the petals. The buds are tomentose.

Plant is in 6x6cm pot.

 

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Description

Broadly orbicular flattened and growing partly underground, but the plant’s stem in cultivation is usually globular or ovoidal and aerial, up to 20 cm tall, 15 cm in diameter, bright glossy green, dark green or grey-green. The apex is depressed and filled with whitish-grey wool.
Lemon yellow with glossy petals (sometime shaded with pink), up to about 4-5 cm in diameter, and standing near the top, decorated with about 8 to 10 red pistil lobes which emphasize the yellow of the petals. The buds are tomentose.

Care guide:

Soil: Well drained

Watering:  No water in winter. Weekly in spring/summer.

Sun exposure: Full sun, partial shade.

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