Mammillaria Microhelia – Succulent Plant
Description
Description
Add a subtle beauty and an incredible visual experience at home with this beautiful cactus plant. Mammillaria Microhelia Succulent Plant microhelia is a light green, small, columnar, perennial cactus bearing cream or brown spines.
These plants are native to Mexico and are a natural habitat in hot deserts. Mammillaria Microhelia Succulent Plant has a cylindrical body and looks great in gardens, rockeries, and indoors.
This plant blooms creamy-white, pink, and purplish flowers that grow up to 0.6 inches in diameter. The flowers appear on the top of the cactus-like crown. The radical spines are golden and the central spine and are arranged like the rays of the sun.
Hold your patience and you’ll be rewarded with a beautiful display of flowers. Mammillaria microhelia is certainly not a small cactus and reaches a maximum height of 10 inches. It is a low maintenance plant.
Common Name | Golden Stars, Lady Fingers |
Utmost Height | Up to 10 inches |
Flower Colour | Creamy-white, pink and purplish |
Blossom Time | Blooms in Spring and Summer |
Difficulty Level | Effortless to grow |
Mammillaria Microhelia Succulent Plant Special Features
- Unlike other cactus plants, Mammillaria microheliafeatures raised tubercles, from where the spine grows.
- It is a great indoor plant.
- Succulent plants bring in a lot of positive vibes and good energy to the house.
- It is a low maintenance plant.
Mammillaria Microhelia Succulent Plant Uses
Ornamental Uses
- It is a great ornamental plant.
Planting and care
- Mammillaria microhelia blooms in bright and sunny light but can also thrive under indirect or filtered sunlight.
- Protect the plant from extreme strong heat
- Water the plant well; don’t overwater.
- Allow the soil to dry off between watering.
- Water these plants from above for the feathery spins to retain the water.
- It thrives in well-drained mineral soils.
- Mammillaria microhelia are prone hence should never be exposed to prolonged dampness and sitting water.
- Use diluted fertilizers to encourage fuller growth of these plants.
- Fertilize the plant once every 4-8 weeks during spring and summer.
- These are slow-growing plants, therefore don't require too much fertilizer.
- Do not water the plant during the initial two weeks of repotting.
- While repotting, remove all dead and rotted roots and knock off the old soil from the roots.
- These plants are resistant to pests.
Sunlight | Full and filtered sunlight; Protect from extreme heat |
Watering | Average; Do not overwater |
Soil | Well drained mineral soil. |
Temperature | 25-50 degrees F |
Fertilizer | Use any organic fertilizer |
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