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Garrisia usberti belongs to a family called cactaceae, in Latin the name of this plant sounds like this: Harrisia (Eriocereus) jusbertii. The very name of the family in Latin: Cactaceae.
Description of Garrisia Usberti
A plant such as Garrisia Yusberti prefers sunlight. In the summer period, this plant should be provided with abundant watering. As for the humidity of the air, the harrisia usberti will require high air humidity. The life form of this plant is succulent.
It is recommended to grow this plant as a universal rootstock for various other types of cacti. Garrisia usberti can be grown on the sunniest windows; northern windows are not recommended in any case. This plant can be found quite often both in greenhouses and in winter gardens.
Under natural conditions, harrisia yusberti can reach the following maximum sizes: up to two meters in height.
This plant grows in the territory of South and Central America, this genus includes about twenty different tree-like and branching cacti. The plant itself is a branching bush, which will have dark stems or stems painted in gray-green tones. The stem itself is ribbed, but each species of this plant has its own characteristics.
Care and cultivation of garrisia usberti
Garrisia yusberti will need a fairly frequent transplant, which should be performed as this plant grows. For transplanting, it is necessary to choose more spacious pots than their predecessors.
As for the composition of the soil, the soil mixture should be relatively heavy and nutritious. However, at the same time, such land should be perfectly water-permeable. For this reason, the following soil composition will be the best solution: a small amount of humus, as well as coarse sand and clay soil. Garrisia usberti will need slightly acidic soil.
It should be remembered that due to the constant reproduction of the plant by vegetative means under natural conditions, the plant can become ill with various diseases, which should include viral diseases. It is recommended to destroy those plants in which there is a persistent spotting.
As for caring for yusberti harrisia during the dormant period, the optimal growing temperature should be about ten to fifteen degrees. At this time, the degree of air humidity should not be particularly strictly defined, however, watering should be completely canceled. The rest period of the harrisia yusberti falls on the period from October to the month of March.
Reproduction of a plant can occur through both sowing seeds and rooting cuttings.
The specific requirements of this plant include, first of all, the need to perform regular feeding of yusberti harrisia during growth with a solution that will consist of complex mineral or organic fertilizers.
Flowers and stem of this plant are distinguished by decorative properties. The plant blooms from May to September. The flowers of the garrisia yusberti are painted in very delicate and attractive white tones; in size, such flowers can even reach twenty centimeters in diameter. The stem of the plant is painted in dark green tones, such a stem of the yusberti harrisia can reach six centimeters in diameter, the stem will have about five to six rather low ribs, and there are also very short spines of a dark color. It is noteworthy that in the case of proper care of the yusberti garrisia, flowering will occur already in those plants whose age reaches three years.
