Cultivation:  Small growing and easy to to care and flower. Because of it’s small size makes a great potted plant specimen, great for beginning collectors. It needs regular cacti soil with good drainage. Propagation: Seeds (usually) or by the shoots of adult plants (if available). Exposure: need some direct sun but is tolerant and prefers light shade during the hot Summer months, allow to dry between watering. Watering should be curtailed during the winter months. Frost Tolerance -5°C if kept dry.

Scientific name:  Echinofossulocactus robustus Lawrence in Loudon 1841
Published in: Gardeners' Magazine of Botany, Horticulture, Floriculture. 17: 318, 1841

Tribe:  Cacteae -- Subtribe: Echinocactinae

Origin: Mexico