Gymnocalycium friedrichii Variegata Variegated (A)

Gymnocalycium friedrichii Variegata Variegated (A)Gymnocalycium friedrichii Variegated A gorgeous variegated form of this Gymnocalycium that is dark orange to purple red in high light, bright green in lower light. High light and keeping the plants on the dry side is needed to maintain the color at this level, otherwise it will become more green. Flowers are a pretty pink color. Generally doesn't clump. Mature plants are usually around 4 5" wide. Takes normal cactus care. Protect from frost. You will

It also has the sea urchin shape of A

Sarracenia flava var

Produces bright orange-red flowers during the growing season

A beautiful bright green form of the White Ghost cultivar

The plant can become a small tree in the wild

It may drop leaves in the winter depending on growing conditions

During the summer it dies back to the corms

These plants are new to cultivation but so far I've found them fairly simple to grow and not nearly as touchy as some of the better known African Brachystelma

others like A

The leaves are small and fern-like

Unlike a lot of succulents this species seems to like high humidity

Haworthia magnifica 'Pale Unicorn'   A beautifully variegated form of a normally green species