Astrophytum myriostigma quadricostatum

	*Astrophytum myriostigma quadricostatum*	CACTUS ART NURSERY Cultivation and Mail Sale of Cacti and Succulents.



Flowers: Arise from the areole at the tip of the stem on mature plant. Cultivation is not too difficult in a greenhouse, although 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.
*A. myriostigma (strongylogonum) "quadricostatum"*
*Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of Astrophytum myriostigma:* *A. myriostigma* *A. myriostigma bicostatum* *A. myriostigma columnare* *A. myriostigma cv. FUKURYU* *A. myriostigma cv. HAKUUN* *A. myriostigma cv. HAKUUN nudum* *A. myriostigma cv. HAKUUN nudum forma cristata* *A. myriostigma cv. HUBOKI* *A. myriostigma cv. HUBUKI* *A. myriostigma cv. KIKKO* *A. myriostigma cv. LAIMAKE* *A. myriostigma cv. LOTUSLAND* *A. myriostigma maculatus forma cristata* *A. myriostigma multicostatum* *A. myriostigma nudum* *A. myriostigma nudum cv MAIDEN BLUSH* *A. myriostigma nudum variegata* *A. myriostigma cv. ONZUKA* *A. myriostigma cv. ONZUKA ball type* *A. myriostigma cv. ONZUKA columnare* *A. myriostigma cv. ONZUKA cristata* *A. myriostigma cv. ONZUKA + HAKUUN* *A. myriostigma cv. ONZUKA quadricostatum* *A. myriostigma cv. ONZUKA tricostatum* *A. myriostigma cv. ONZUKA tricostatum FUKURYU* *A. myriostigma cv. ONZUKA white form* *A. myriostigma quadricostatum* *A. myriostigma quadricostatum nudum* *A.myryostigma v. strongylogonum* *A. myriostigma v. strongylogonum cv. COSTA* *A. myriostigma tricostatum* *A. myriostigma tricostatum FUKURYU type1* *A. myriostigma tricostatum nudum* *A. myriostigma variegatum*

Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Scientific name: Astrophytum myriostigma Lemaire
Original description: Cactacearum Genera nova Speciesque novae et omnium in Horto Monvillano cultarum: 4-6 1839

quadricostatum

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

A. myriostigma quadricostatum (ball form)

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