Copiapoa dealbata SEEDS

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Copiapoa dealbata seeds grow into the whitened Copiapoa — a medium-sized, globose to clustering Copiapoa native to the hyperarid Atacama coastal biome of Atacama Region, Chile. The epithet dealbata means 'whitened' or 'plastered white' (from Latin dealbare = to whitewash), referring to the white-glaucous, chalky epidermis. Produces globose bodies with chalk-white epidermis and dark spines, similar to C. cinerea; yellow flowers; fog-adapted. Frost-tolerant. Family Cactaceae.Full sun; very well-drained, sandy or rocky desert soils; minimal water; cool Atacama coastal; frost-tolerant. 'Dealbata' = whitened/whitewashed (chalk-white to whitened epidermis; similar to cinerea group); Atacama coastal; frost-tolerant Globose; chalk-white epidermis; dark spines; yellow flowers; Atacama coastal fog; fog-adapted; frost-tolerant Atacama Region coast, Chile — hyperarid coastal fog desert; whitened Copiapoa Genus Copiapoa: ~30 species; Atacama Desert coast, Chile; Family Cactaceae; Order Caryophyllales Full sun; well-drained desert soils; drought-tolerant; cool Atacama coastal; fog-adapted; frost-tolerant; Cactaceae Copiapoa dealbata — the whitened Copiapoa — is named for the chalk-white epidermis; a fog-desert specialist from the Atacama coast with dramatic chalk-white body and dark spines.IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds. Show more