Discocactus araneispinus

Discocactus araneispinusDiscocactus araneispinus An interesting small cactus that produces attractive white spines and a white fuzzy cephalium (head or cap) when mature. When young it grows like a regular green cactus, but once the cephalium starts growing (as this plant is just starting to do) it stops growing its green stem and only produces the head for the rest of its life. As time goes on this cephalium gets wider and fluffier and regularly produces white flowers out of

mature plants pup so even if it spirals it will make new plants that are parallel

Flowers are an attractive white to light pink color

A beautiful white form of a normally green species

Likes water during the growing season as long as it is in well drained soil

Moderate light gives a light pink tinge

then cut back in the summer

It usually drops its leaves during the dormant period

care should be taken in places with wet winters as it is most cold tolerant when dry

The bulbs are reddish purple

A nice shrubby caudiciform species of Pachypodium

The stronger the light it receives the more curly the leaves will be

It may or may not drop its leaves in the winter depending on conditions