Frailea buenekeri

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Close-up of Frailea buenekeri, a small round green cactus with light brown spines, in porous soil with grey and beige pebbles.
Close-up of a Frailea buenekeri cactus in a pot, featuring white spines, dark green body, and several small offshoots at the base.
Top view of a Frailea buenekeri cactus with white and yellow spines in a square pot filled with rocks, gravel, and porous soil.
Frailea buenekeri cactus with white tufts and yellowish spines in a square pot, sitting in gravel soil with small offshoots at the base.
Frailea buenekeri, a small cactus with white spines, sits in a square pot of porous soil and gravel. It has purple-tinged green skin and tiny offshoots at its base.
A small, round Frailea buenekeri cactus with tiny offshoots, short light spines, and some brown hues grows in porous soil.
Close-up of a green Frailea buenekeri cactus with white and yellow spines and fuzzy tufts, surrounded by gray and beige pebbles in soil.
Frailea buenekeri cactus with short spines in a square pot of porous soil, topped by green and brown accents with offsets at the base.
Frailea buenekeri cactus in porous soil, potted and healthy, displays its distinctive rounded form.
Close-up of Frailea buenekeri, a small round green cactus with light brown spines, in porous soil with grey and beige pebbles.
Close-up of a Frailea buenekeri cactus in a pot, featuring white spines, dark green body, and several small offshoots at the base.
Top view of a Frailea buenekeri cactus with white and yellow spines in a square pot filled with rocks, gravel, and porous soil.
Frailea buenekeri cactus with white tufts and yellowish spines in a square pot, sitting in gravel soil with small offshoots at the base.
Frailea buenekeri, a small cactus with white spines, sits in a square pot of porous soil and gravel. It has purple-tinged green skin and tiny offshoots at its base.
A small, round Frailea buenekeri cactus with tiny offshoots, short light spines, and some brown hues grows in porous soil.
Close-up of a green Frailea buenekeri cactus with white and yellow spines and fuzzy tufts, surrounded by gray and beige pebbles in soil.
Frailea buenekeri cactus with short spines in a square pot of porous soil, topped by green and brown accents with offsets at the base.
Frailea buenekeri cactus in porous soil, potted and healthy, displays its distinctive rounded form.

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.

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

Flower Color

Sulfur yellow

Growth Rate

Fast growth

Hardiness Zone

11

Mature Size

2 cm

Resistance

5°c

Sun Exposure

Full sun (6+ hrs.)
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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.

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

Flower Color

Sulfur yellow

Growth Rate

Fast growth

Hardiness Zone

11

Mature Size

2 cm

Resistance

5°c

Sun Exposure

Full sun (6+ hrs.)
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Botanical Name Frailea buenekeri
Common Name Frailea asterioides
Dormancy Winter
Family Cactaceae
Flower Color Sulfur yellow
Genus Frailea
Growth Habit Spherical till columnar shape.
Growth Rate Fast growth
Hardiness Zone 11
Mature Size 2 cm
Native Area Brazil
Resistance 5°c
Sun Exposure Full sun (6+ hrs.)

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