🌵🖤 Neoporteria senilis Cactus (Bare Rooted) | Rare Dark-Spined Cactus with Striking Blooms
🌟 Why You’ll Love the Neoporteria senilis
🖤 Bold Dark Spines: Features a rounded green to purple body covered with long, dark gray to black spines, giving it a dramatic and gothic appeal
🌸 Beautiful Bloom Contrast: During the flowering season, it produces vibrant pink to magenta blooms that contrast strikingly with its shadowy spines
🌵 Bare Rooted & Collector-Friendly: Comes without soil for easy planting — ideal for cactus trays, rock gardens, or minimalist ceramic planters
🪴 Compact & Slow-Growing: Perfect for small spaces, balcony collections, or cactus displays that need something visually unique
🎁 Rare Chilean Native: Native to the arid regions of Chile and prized for its rugged look and flowering beauty — a real gem for connoisseurs
🌱 Planting & Care Tips
☀️ Light: Bright sun to filtered sunlight; avoid extreme mid-day scorch
💧 Watering: Let soil dry out completely before watering; minimal in winter
🌿 Soil: Use fast-draining cactus/succulent soil
🌡️ Temperature: Thrives in 18–30°C; protect from frost
🧪 Feeding: Fertilize lightly every 6–8 weeks in growing season