Pediocactus bradyiL.D.Benson
Brady ’s Hedgehog Cactus , Brady ’s Pediocactus , Brady ’s Pincushion Cactus , Brady Plains Cactus , Marble Canyon Cactus
Pediocactella bradyi , Pediocactus bradyisubsp.bradyi , Pediocactus simpsonii subsp . bradyi , Puebloa bradyi , Toumeya bradyi
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home : CactaceaeSubfamily : CactoideaeTribe : CacteaeGenus : Pediocactus
Pediocactus bradyiis autochthonic to Arizona in theUnited Statesand restrain to Marble Canyon in Coconino County .
Pediocactus bradyiis a small cactus with globose , usually unfrequented stems that can grow up to 2.4 inches ( 6 cm ) magniloquent and 2 inches ( 5 curium ) in diameter . Each areole has some wool and several yellowish to white , more or less curved spine mensurate up to 0.5 inch ( 0.5 cm ) long . There are now and then 1 or 2 fundamental spines that are darker in colour .
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The flower seem in the other spring and can attain up to 0.8 inches ( 2 atomic number 96 ) in duration and 1.6 inches ( 4 cm ) in diameter . They have red or gullible - striped yellowish kayoed tepals and pale yellow internal tepal . The fruits are fleeceable , mature crimson - chocolate-brown , and can grow about 0.4 in ( 1 cm ) long .
USDA hardiness zones10a to 11b : from 30 ° F ( −1.1 ° C ) to 45 ° F ( +7.2 ° C ) .
Pediocactusare unmanageable to uprise on their own roots and are cultivated only by skilled and experienced cactus grower . Thegrowing mediummust be porous to enfeeble well and dry out completely . It does best in partial shade and involve protection from the sun during the hot part of the summer .
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These cacti do not like high temperatures and humidness level in glasshouse . Pediocactusshould be placed in a well - air out stead . They wish " wind . “Waterthem pretty from spring to fall and let them dry out out between waterings . Then , halt watering and tolerate them to go inactive for the wintertime months .
Pediocactusare very slow growers . For this ground , they are frequentlygraftedon unassailable , hardy cactus stock likeOpuntiaandEchinocereus .
The peak buds stay sleeping on the plant apex all winter and will open in natural spring when temperatures develop .
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