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Astrophytum asterias cv. SUPERKABUTO "SNOW TYPE"
This is one of the choicest Japanese
cultivars with crowded white woolly dots.
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Description: Contrarily to
the normal Astrophytum “Superkabuto”
that has only a mosaic of small spaced ± rounded white
dots the “snow type” differ for the
dense white covering of dots that almost conceal the epidermis, this
particular form is also called "Snow white", or
“White form” .
This intense white covering is not seen in most of the normal
'Super Kabuto' seedlings and will change and emphasize as a plant ages.
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
Scientific name:
Astrophytum asterias
(Zucc.)
Lem
cv. SUPERKABUTO
"SNOW TYPE"
(also known as
"WHITE TYPE"
or "SNOW
WHITE")
Origin:
Garden origin
(Nursery produced cultivar)
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix 1
Snow type +
Star type
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Cultivation.
Grows quite slowly. The plants need a loose well-drained
mineral soil. They need a good amount of
light.
Watering can be done weekly during
summertime, if the weather is
sunny enough, with a little
fertilizer added. Kept this way, plants will
show a
healthy, although slow
growth. They are
frost hardy to -4°
(-10°) C
Cultivation remarks: The
epidermis is harder than in the normal form of Kabuto and cracks easily
if plants will be overwatered.
Propagation:
By
seeds, remembering that
seedlings dislike strong
light and
dry conditions and need to be
repotted
frequently. Additionally grow them under drier
conditions or with stronger sunlight. But plants are often
grafted to accelerate growth as
they would generally take at least a five years to reach
maturity on their
own, but the grafted plants are typical rather tall growing, compared
with plants on their own roots that are usually more flat to the
ground. Photo of conspecific
taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of Astrophytum asterias:
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