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🌱 Morphology
  Globose and depressed cactus, usually solitary, up to about 13 cm in diameter. It features large, conical, flattened tubercles, ranging in color from bright green to bluish-green, arranged in a spiral. Each tubercle has a longitudinal groove on the upper side covered in white wool. The areoles usually bear 5–8 robust, rigid, and spreading radial spines, generally recurved, with no central spines. In cultivation, it can produce numerous basal offsets and form small, compact clumps.

🌍 Distribution, habitat and family
Native to southwestern Mexico, especially Morelos and Guerrero, where it grows in xerophytic vegetation environments and seasonally dry areas. It belongs to the Cactaceae family, Cactoideae subfamily, Cacteae tribe, and Coryphantha genus. The nomenclature in this sheet follows Joël Lodé, Taxonomy of the Cactaceae (2026), volumes III–VI. The name Coryphantha elephantidens subsp. bumamma is a taxonomic combination used by other databases.

❄️ Temperature · USDA Zone 9b
Tolerates minimum temperatures down to −3 ºC in dry, acclimated specimens. Resistance decreases significantly when the substrate remains moist during cold periods.

☀️ Lighting
Requires very intense lighting, preferably direct sun, although it may benefit from slight protection against the most extreme sun during midday hours in very hot climates. As a guideline during active growth, a DLI PAR of 20–30 mol·m⁻²·day⁻¹ is recommended.

💧 Growth cycle and watering
Winter dormancy. Growth is concentrated during the warm months. It is recommended to water deeply during the active period and allow the substrate to dry out completely before repeating. From autumn onwards, watering should be progressively reduced until it is kept dry during the winter. It is especially important to avoid excess moisture around the roots.

🌸 Flowering
Produces large, bright yellow, and pleasantly scented flowers that appear in the apical area during late summer and autumn. In adult specimens, they may open successively over several weeks.

🌿 Nutrition
During the active growth period, a fertilizer with a high content of assimilable calcium and low nitrogen levels, such as Desert CHOICE® Cactáceas, is recommended, applied once a month when watering. Before flowering, it can be supplemented with Desert CHOICE® Floración.

This is an inimitable xerophytic plant grown in Madrid in a technological square pot, with the substrate activated with mycorrhizal fungi and biofungicides.

📏  Gourmet black pot S -> 9x9 cm

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