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Monvillea euchlora

Monvillea euchlora
Photo: PierreBraun, CC BY-SA 4.0

Monvillea euchlora is a climbing or sprawling cactus with slender, many-ribbed green shoots that can reach 5 metres long and whitish spines, native to rocky slopes in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. It is a desert-style cactus that needs sun, good drainage and sparing water.

Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings, and reduce water in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining cactus or succulent mix with added grit or perlite.
Temperature
15–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Bolivia to Brazil and Argentina (Misiones)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Monvillea euchlora is a flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae that is found in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay at elevations of 700 to 1300 meters

Where it grows

Monvillea euchlora is found slopes on rocky outcrops in southern and western Brazil, Bolivia, and northeast Argentina growing from sea level to 2000 meters. It is also found in Paraguay.

Other Praecereus plants

Monvillea amazonica · Monvillea saxicola · Monvillea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monvillea euchlora 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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