Neochilenia chilensis flaviflora

Neochilenia chilensis (Eriosyce chilensistends to produce fuchsia red flowers often with white centres.Origin and Habitat: (Northern Chile) and Valparaiso (Argentina)Habitat: It grows on coastal rocks and is severely threatened by housing construction.Description: Eriosyce chilensis is a beautiful cactus with pale green stems cowered with dense stout spines. It produces very showy flowers in summer.Habit: It is a mostly simple perennial cactus, rarely clustering at base, shortly cylindrical sometimes procumbent, to 100 cm high.Cultivation and Propagation: It is a summer grower species. Easy to cultivate but somewhat rot prone if kept in a non ventilated place. Require a very fast draining drying soil, water regularly in summer, but do not overwater.Needs a full sun exposure (or light shade) Good heat tolerance. Hardy to at least -5°C ( but probably can tolerate - 10° C for brief periods). Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz