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 are good, but it will grow better outdoors. Please provide winter conditions below freezing for this plant, otherwise it will never bloom. This is a very cold climate cactus and will survive winters down to -10 °F. This variety is going to grow better and bloom if it is planted in an outdoor rock garden between zones 7 to 4, and really should be kept outdoors.

These cacti range from low to high altitudes in a vast habitat from Southwestern Canada to Northern Mexico, and west of the Mississippi River. Throughout their habitat these cacti have a generally similar appearance, but are divided into several subspecies. Some populations will only grow as singular stemmed plants while others will make offsets by the hundreds. Their flower colors are very florescent in intensity ranging from pink to magenta and violet tones. Their spines help them blend into the appearance of dry grasses and rocky ground making these cacti most easily seen when they show the intense colors of their inflorescence. They survive best in very dry conditions and often tend to rot with exposed to too much rainfall. A few populations may survive climates with heavy rainfall, and nearly all tolerate very cold winters. These plants are survivors in extreme environments, but any individual plant's abilities will vary depending on plant habitat because they are widespread.

size,

Plants grow in globular form with less than two inchs wide stems, and very old plants will begin to make offsets.

ancestry,

Western United States, often in semiarid regions with grasslands.

plant origin,

Plants and seeds are propagated, and seeds are produced by windowsillcactus.com.

photo,

Purchase price includes 21 Escobaria vivipara seeds. All other items in photo are for demonstration purposes only, and the monopoly dogs are shown as a size & scale reference. Jewelry in this photo is from Ann's Gemstone Creations: Elegant Sterling Silver and Semi-Precious Stone Necklaces, Bracelets and Earrings.

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