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Rebutia heliosa | Also known as: Sun Crown Cactus | Rating: votes| Print / Pdf
Perhaps one of the most curious options of cactus, rebutia heliosa is typically a globular cactus that grows in dense clusters. As many as 20 individual stems, usually grey-green in colour, un-ribbed and covered in a mesh of fine white spines, might grow together. Translating to sun crown cactus, it is also known by the synonym aylostera heliosa. In summer it becomes awash with vivid red, orange or pink shades, with multiple blossoms emerging from thick tubes from between the stems and is completely covering them. The result is a ball of colour resembling the sun. Plant in pots with cactus compost in full sun and water regularly in summer and rarely in winter.