Aztekium hintonii forma mostruosa

	*Aztekium hintonii forma mostruosa*	CACTUS ART NURSERY Cultivation and Mail Sale of Cacti and Succulents.

Occasionally cacti show aberrant growth forms - called "monstrous" forms, uncharacteristic of the species. An interesting example of this is Aztekium hintonii forma mostruosa a very interesting, slow growing and uncommon plant in collections.

Description: This is a genetically stable mutation with variable +/- monstrous, irregularly shaped, ribs with knobby-looking swellings along the stems. Stems are lightly pruinose and branches just from the base and occasionally at higher levels, the apexes dichotomize or crest easily. The areoles are white and woolly.

Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of Aztekium hintonii.

Aztekium hintonii
Aztekium hintonii forma mostruosa

Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Scientific name: Aztekium hintoni Glass & Fitz Maurice , 1991
Forma mostruosa

Origin: Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

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