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Frailea chiquitana

Frailea chiquitana
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0

Frailea chiquitana is a small, globular cactus from eastern Bolivia, grown by collectors as a compact succulent. The key to growing it is strong light, very little water, and a fast-draining mineral mix.

Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Shrub, Succulent
Light
Full sun, Bright indirect
Water
Water sparingly during the warm growing season and keep it nearly dry in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining cactus mix with added grit or pumice.
Temperature
18–35 °C in the growing season; keep above 10 °C and protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Bolivia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

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Frailea chiquitana is a species of Frailea from Bolivia.

Other Frailea plants

Frailea castanea · Frailea cataphracta · Frailea curvispina · Frailea diersiana · Frailea gracillima · Frailea mammifera · Frailea phaeodisca · Frailea pumila · Frailea pygmaea · Frailea schilinzkyana · Frailea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Frailea chiquitana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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