- Scientific or Latin name: Ariocarpus spp.

- Common name or vulgar: Ariocarpus.

- Source: South Texas and Mexico.

- Surprising spineless cactus.

- The Ariocarpus have the same shape and texture of rock, and blend very well with the soil in its habitat.

- They have thorns, and the texture of their skin allows them to reflect the hot sun, give them some insulation in the summer.

- There are six types of Ariocarpus. Example: retusus Ariocarpus, with white flowers; fissuratus Ariocarpus, pink flowers, and trigonus Ariocarpus, chocolate.

- It becomes difficult to find in the wild.

- Leaf: plants without leaves.

- Organ distributed tubercles in roset air, around the large underground stems.

- Flowers: diurnal, white, yellow, red or pink in autumn, in the center of the rose.

- Very slow growth.

- Light: abundant, if possible, under full sunlight.

- Temperature: summer needs.

- Humidity: as low as possible.

- Soil: The soil Ariocarpus choice quite shiny.

- Irrigation: once in summer and every 15 or 20 days in early autumn, according to the period of growth. Fear humidity, you need well-drained substrate. Stay dry in winter.

- Payments: not fertilized.

- Pests: insects.

- Transplant: every three to five years, or in a pot so the roots can grow.

- Propagation: by seed. Seedlings require a temperature difference between day and night to grow. Wait three years before tones.

- Ariocarpus yields require more than 10 years to flower. A graft on flowering Poreskiopsis achieved after three years, but manufacturers often distorted.

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