Frailea buenekeri

(This plant comes in a 2.5-inch pot. All our plants are grown under the same conditions, although not all the plants are the same. You will receive a similar plant in size and shape to the ones in the pictures. Our plants are hand-picked and carefully selected to bring you the best quality possible. Please allow us up to 3 business days to process your order. If you wish to receive your order on a specific date, or have special instructions, please add a note at the checkout. The plant is shipped in its pot to prevent any damage to the roots.)

Flowers: Sulphur yellow

Cultivation and propagation: Fraileas are tiny plants with comparatively big yellow flowers, often bigger than the whole plant itself. They can be easily grown in a sunny windowsill or a small greenhouse.

The secret for keeping fraileas happy and growing is to pot them in a rich, porous soil with good drainage and aeration, to give them lots of water and let them dry out between waterings. Fraileas do like more water than most other cacti. During winter they like cool and dry places (minimum temperature of 5-10° C) but even light frosts do not harm them.

Characteristically, during the dry season plants retract completely under the ground, both in the wild and in cultivation too. Occasional light spray of water during the winter helps plants from shriveling up too much. In the summer they like the pot to be filled with water that is quickly absorbed by the plants.

Sun exposure: They enjoy full sun. In a shaded position the plants grow faster.

Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz

Blooming Season	-
Common Name	Frailea asterioides
Dormancy	Winter
Family	Cactaceae
Flower	Sulfur yellow
Frost Tolerance	5°c
Growth Rate	Fast growth
Hardiness Zone	11
Height	2 cm
Origin	Brazil
Scientific Name	Frailea buenekeri
Shape	Spherical till columnar shape.
Sun Exposure	Full sun