Description
Add a playful touch to your home with the Monkey Tail Cactus—an easy-care, trailing plant perfect for hanging baskets.
Description: Hildewintera colademononsis ‘ commonly known as Monkey Tail Cactus, is a unique, trailing cactus with long, fuzzy stems that resemble a monkey’s tail. Its soft, white hair-like spines and cascading growth make it a striking addition to hanging baskets.
Full Botanical Name: Hildewintera colademononsis
Common Names: Monkey Tail Cactus
Country and/or Region of Origin: Native to Bolivia.
Growing Conditions in Native Habitat: Found on rocky cliffs and steep mountainsides, growing as an epiphyte in sunny, dry areas.
Care Information:
- Light: Requires bright, direct sunlight for optimal growth.
- Ideal Room: Ideal for sunrooms or bright windowsills with plenty of light.
- Feeding: Use a cactus fertilizer every 6-8 weeks during the growing season.
- Humidity: Prefers low humidity; typical indoor environments are sufficient.
- Ideal Temperature: 65°F to 85°F (18°C to 29°C).
- Watering: Water thoroughly but infrequently, allowing the soil to dry out between waterings.
- Pet/Child Safe: Generally safe, but the spines can cause injury.
- Soil Type: Well-draining cactus or succulent soil mix.
- Propagation: Easily propagated by stem cuttings that are allowed to callous before planting.
- Eventual Height and Spread: Can grow up to 5-8 feet long as a trailing cactus.
- Growth Rate: Slow.
- Pests and Treatment: Rarely affected by pests; occasionally susceptible to mealybugs and spider mites.
- Repotting: Every 2-3 years or when root bound.
- Pruning: Not necessary except to control size.
- Folk Law: Associated with resilience due to its unusual shape and adaptation to steep mountainsides.
- Air Purification: Not specifically noted for air purification.
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