Succulents, not cacti or succulents, are vegetables with great ornamental value, but the problem is that there are some of them that are very delicate. Nevertheless, the one known as Anacampseros you can have it both indoors and outdoors protected from direct sun, and with minimal care you will get it to produce an interesting amount of flowers.
Do not stop reading to discover how are they and how are they grown these beautiful and easy plants.
Characteristics of the Anacampseros
A. rufescens 'Variegata'
Our protagonists are plants that belong to the Anacampseros genus. Native to South Africa, they do not grow more than 5cm tall. They are characterized by forming one or more rosettes of more or less triangular leaves of green, reddish or pink color, covered or not by white 'hairs'.
The flowers are small, 1cm, but very pretty: they are made up of five petals tinged with pink or white. The fruit is small, and inside there are several seeds that you can sow directly in a seedbed filled with vermiculite.
How do you take care of yourself?
A. namaquensis
Would you like to buy a copy? Here is your care guide:
- Location: outside protected from direct sun, or indoors in a room with lots of light.
- Substratum: you can use universal growing medium mixed with perlite in equal parts.
- Irrigation: two or three times a week in summer, and once every 10 days the rest of the year.
- Subscriber: from the beginning of spring to the end of summer you must pay it with a specific fertilizer for cacti and succulents, following the instructions specified on the package.
- Transplant: every two years, in spring.
- Multiplication: by seeds and stem cuttings in spring and summer.
- Rusticity: supports weak and occasional frosts of up to -2ºC, but needs protection against hail.
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