Five-Spine Rating - 3^?

Yes - small container size plant. This variety will occupy a small flower pot comfortably and remain a manageable sized house plant.

This variety will do their best as houseplants with lots of sun and they become stressed with inadequate light which could result in poor health or even death.

Yes - does well with cool winter time temperatures. This variety will tolerate temperatures down below 50 °F. if the roots are kept dry, and will do very well in a home with energy saving thermostat setting.

Yes - easy care root system. This variety stores water in the parts of the plant which are above the soil leaving the root system small enough to fit into a proportionally sized flower pot.

This variety is unlikely to flower as a house plant and they should be chosen with flowering as a low priority.

Good locations

Potential living space locations include; East, West or South windows and three to four season rooms with plenty of light. This species will tolerate very cool days and cold nights, but will need the temperatures to remain above 36 °F. It is possible for this variety to survive freezing temperatures, but cold exposure will cause skin damage. If this variety is to be set outdoors during the growing season it needs to be in a location with plenty of sun and will tolerate lots of rain.

Size

Five to eight inch plant, and can grow into a tree form which potentially could become about twenty feet high.

Ancestry

Caribbean

Plant Origin

A greenhouse in Canada.

Photo

Purchase price includes a Consolea rubescens potted in a plastic pot, and all plants are grown in their pots for at least one growing season before they are sold. All other items in photo are for demonstration purposes only, and the monopoly dogs are shown as a size & scale reference.

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