Coryphantha elephantidens cv. Tanshi Zougemaru

	Coryphantha elephantidens cv. TANSHI ZUOGEMARU	CACTUS ART NURSERY Cultivation and Mail Sale of Cacti and Succulents.

Coryphantha elephantidens cv. TANSHI ZOUGEMARU
Is a very nice cultivar from Japan with short but strong spines and very large tubercles.

Description: Large, depressed-globular cactus up 18cm in diameter, very large fat tubercles up to 60 mm wide, rounded on top, pentaedrical at the base, always broader than rounded, the tubercles axil is woolly.
Spines: The tubercles are capped with a 5-8 of with stout but short radial spines, long (5-15 mm) reflexed, adpressed to the body.
Flowers: Sweet smelling large 6 to 7.5 cm pink-colored are produced in late summer to autumn.

Cultivation: Full sun to light shade in summer. Water sparingly, keep drier in winter. Needs good drainage. Frost Tolerance: Hardy to -3°C.

Propagation: Usually by grafting.

Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Scientific name: Coryphantha elephantidens Coryphantha elephantidens (Lemaire 1838) Lemaire 1868 ssp. elephantidens

cv. TANSHI ZUOGEMARU

Origin: Japan (Nursery produced cultivar)

Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of Coryphantha elephantidens:

Coryphantha elephantidens
Coryphantha elephantidens cv. TANSHI ZOUGEMARU
Coryphantha sulcolanata (C. elephantidens subsp. sulcolanata)

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Coryphantha elephantidens cv. TANSHI ZUOGEMARU