| Place of origin:
Northern-central Mexico, states of Durango, Nuevo Leon and
San Luis Potosi.
Description: The plant, vulgarly known like
"Pezuña de venado" or leg of deer, has a
very heavy and fleshy root, of cylindrical which size is very
out of proportion with the stem, that has a height of approximately
5 cm. In the nature it remains half buried, with the upper
part almost to the evenness of the ground. It is conformed
by triangular tubercles of yellowish green color, felted on
the base and with the almost flat upper part, crossed by a
woolly furrow. They are arranged in spiral, superposed with
others, they are quite rigid and they have a basal width and
thickness of less that 1 cm. The flowers appear in the armpit
of tubercles and it size is approximately 3 cm. of wide. The
external petals are white and the internal ones of pink or
carmine color. Old specimens could sprout from its base.
Growing tips: It is a plant of very slow
growth and needs full sun. It tolerates cold good enough,
as long as it is dry. It can be propagated by seeds or by
rooting basal sprouts of old plants. |
