It is named for its golden thorns. In antique greek "chrysos" means "amber coloured" or "golden" and "akantos" means "thorned" or "spiny".
FEROCACTUS CHRYSACANTHUS is woven in a nest of yellow golden thorns. Some plants have greyish coloured "spines" others have red brown ones.
FEROCACTUS CHRYSACANTHUS "lives" on the islands of CEDROS and SAN BENITO near the western coast of BAJA CALIFORNIA in the PACIFIC OCEAN.
May be it grows on the continental part of BAJA CALIFORNIA too but no place as such has been found until today.
The height may be up to 1 m and its breadth may reach 0,3 m. The plants grow near the coast at coastal level up to the slopes and the hills.
The culture is not difficult.
Growing season begins in April or May. The cactus needs all the sun and warmth you can spare. When the temperature during the nights does not undergo 15 °C i put them out on the balcony. In the first weeks i spray it in the morning and evening with water. Watering begins when the apex and thorns show growth.
I water it during the whole summer and autumn until the winter has come. Some growers make a short resting time in July or August. You need to have expertise to recognize when the time has come to do this.
When the night temperature drops under 15 °C i bring my cactus inside the house. But give the cactus as long as possible sun and low temperatures in the nights to stop its growth and harden the plant.
In winter i keep it absolutely dry and the temperature never drops under 15 °C.
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