Maybe you could put another stick on top

A really beautiful Cuprea!

Some time ago I bought a very small Cuprea myself and almost lost it. I found it difficult to keep the soil continuously not too moist, but not too dry either. When there was no leaf left, I repotted it in a Lechuza planter (a combination of baked clay granules, water reservoir and self-watering wick) and it recovered. I guess that keeps the right balance and avoids root rot.

Glad you like it and TIL all the English names for the parts of a flower 😁

Of course it only lasted 2 days but it was worth the wait

Edit: grammar

I believe it’s the first time I see a crested cactus with so much hair. It looks stunning! (Actually it looks like it could jump down and run away lol)

God help us when those two clash

c/AccidentalRenaissance

Goals (for the distant future …or maybe I delegate this task to another me in the multiverse, we’ll see)

I have no clue, but I imagine this hard grown clump with multiple stems is several decades old.

Thank you for clearing this up. I thought the ritteri is the one with lots of wrinkles. I loved the valdezii for its beauty and the ritteri for its ugliness lol. But perhaps this characteristic is very variable within the species.

both known species of Aztekium

there is also A. ritteri or is there a new name for it? (Llifle, Wikipedia)

Exactly 😮 just impressive