Copiapoa haseltoniana purple-red and Querétaro (Central Mexico)

and Querétaro (Central Mexico)

eye-catching flowers

then allowing the soil to dry out completely before watering again

and Yucca whipplei

Copiapoa haseltoniana purple-red and Querétaro (Central Mexico)Copiapoa haseltoniana is Endemic to the Atacama desert (Chile, Antofagasta) on a few hundred metres wide coastal plain at 15 km NE, inlands above Paposo (from Taltal to Caleta Colorado), which lies between the sea and the steeply rising coastal mountain. Description: Usually forms massive clumps, up to 1. 5 m tall. Stems: Light green or reddish tinged with an amber yellow woolly crown, up to 25 cm in diameter, round branching laterally with 14 to 22