Gymnocalycium mihanovichii forma crsitata
 

Cultivation: It is a summer grower plant that offers no cultivation difficulties.  Water regularly in summer (but do not overwater ) keep rather dry in winter. Feed with a high potassium fertilizer  in summer. It is quite frost resistant if kept dry (hardy to  -5° C) Sun Exposure: Light shade to half shade.

Propagation:  Crested and variegates cultivars are propagated by graft.

Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of Gymnocalycium mihanovichii.

• G. mihanovichii
• G. mihanovichii var. filadelfiense
• G. mihanovichii var. friedrichii (G. friedrichii)
• G. mihanovichii forma cristata
• G. mihanovichii forma rubra ("HIBOTAN")

Scientific name:   Gymnocalycium mihanovichii (Fric & Gürke) Britton & Rose
Published in:   The Cactaceae 3: 153, 1922
Forma cristata

Origin:  Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.