Dorsteinia gigas *Big Plant* Crassulaceae Echinocereus pulchellus v

Echinocereus pulchellus v

Can take frost but protect from hard freezes

The base of the plant is light brown with shiny bark

This is the one of the only Gymnocalycium species (along with G

Dorsteinia gigas *Big Plant* Crassulaceae Echinocereus pulchellus vDorsteinia gigas An unusual fleshy caudiciform relative of figs. This is the largest and most impressive species in the genus. Large mature specimens can be 10' tall and nearly as wide. The stems are upright. Leaves are dark green with craggy lines. The flowers (actually inflorescence) are a strange multi lobed shape. Easy to grow. Likes good light but not full sun. It is more tropical than the average succulent so it doesn't like to dry out fully and