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Micranthocereus streckeri is a small, branching columnar cactus from Bahia, Brazil, grown for its blue-green stems and a woolly, bristly cephalium that carries its flowers. Give it full sun, very well-drained mineral soil and dry conditions between waterings.
Micranthocereus streckeri is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Micranthocereus streckeri is distributed in the Brazilian state of Bahia, west of Seabra.
Micranthocereus albicephalus · Micranthocereus aureispinus · Micranthocereus auriazureus · Micranthocereus flaviflorus · Micranthocereus polyanthus · Micranthocereus purpureus · Micranthocereus · Siccobaccatus dolichospermaticus · Siccobaccatus estevesii · Siccobaccatus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Micranthocereus streckeri 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.
