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- Growing Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Lifespan
- Perennial (decades)
- Size
- 5-30cm
- Watering
- Minimal
- Light & Placement
- Prefers direct sun, but shade it from harsh midsummer sun. Keep it in a bright, well-ventilated spot.
- Watering
- During the spring-to-autumn growing season, water 2-3 times a month once the soil dries. Withhold water in winter.
- Soil & Repotting
- Use an extremely well-draining mix, ideally one containing lime. This mimics its native limestone habitat.
- Fertilizer
- Fertilizer is barely needed. Growth is very slow, so if you feed at all, use only a tiny amount in the growing season.
- Propagation
- Usually raised from seed, though reaching flowering size takes several to over ten years. Grafting is widely used to speed up growth.
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