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Neolloydia conoidea
Chihuahuan beehive (Neolloydia conoidea) is a small, solitary, cylindrical desert cactus from Texas and northeast Mexico, grown for its bristly form and magenta flowers. The key to growing it is strong light, very sharp drainage and sparing water.
Neolloydia conoidea, common name Texas cone cactus or Chihuahuan beehive, is a species of cactus native to southern United States to central Mexico.
Neolloydia conoidea is found from western Texas and to the Mexican states of Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas growing at elevations of 550 to 2400 meters. It is a part of the Chihuahuan Desert desert scrub and the Tamaulipan thorn scrub growing in limestone. The plants are found growing among Echinocereus longisetus subsp. delaetii , Lophophora williamsii, Mammillaria pottsii, Mammillaria lasiacantha, Pelecyphora strobiliformis, Echinocactus platyacanthus, Ferocactus pilosus, Stenocactus crispatus, Myrtillocactus geometrizans, Thelocactus hexaedrophorus, Coryphantha erecta, Coryphantha octacantha, Stenocereus dumortieri, Cylindropuntia tunicata, Cylindropuntia imbricata, Opuntia streptacantha, Agave salmiana, Agave lechuguilla, Agave stricta, Euphorbia antisyphilitica, Hechtia glomerata, and Yucca filifera.
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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.
