CACTUS ART
NURSERY
Cultivation and Mail Sale
of Cacti and Succulents.

Cultivation: Easy to grow, need full sun but should be protected from excessive heat and sun in summer. Require light watering and good drainage. Keep warm and dry in winter to avoid rot.  It needs mild heat in winter, avoid any frost.

Propagation: Stems planted as cuttings. Grafting is sometime used to speed growth rate and to create a back-up to plants in collection.

Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms aof plants belonging to the Copipoa humilis complex (This Taxon has lots of synonyms (like most copiapoa) with several controversial varieties and subspecies):

• Copiapoa esmeraldana ( = C. humilis var. esmeraldana)
• Copiapoa humilis "maritima"
• Copiapoa humilis forma cristata
• Copiapoa paposoensis (C. humilis ssp. varispinata)
• Copiapoa tenuissima forma cristata ( = C. humilis var. tenuissima cristata)
• Copiapoa tenuissima forma mostruosa ( = C. humilis var. tenuissima "monstrose" )

Scientific name:  Copiapoa  humilis forms cristata

Origin:  Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.