UEBELMANNIA PECTINIFERA SSP PECTINIFERA HU 106

This UEBELMANNIA is grafted on some ECHINOPSIS. I bought "her" some years ago. Now in May 2014 she flowered for her first time with only one flower. But I still missed it so I can not show you any photograph of this.

The substrate is a mixture of peat and lava as 1:1. The ECHINOPSIS is lignified and could therefore buried into the substrat. The "top dressing" consists of pure lava to guarantee that any water is drained down very fast.

The culture...is the same as for DISCOCACTUS, MELOCACTUS and all plants from Madagascar. As much sun as possible - a half shaded place is possible - and high temperatures and a lot of water during the growing season.
Growing season begins in May and ends in September or October - depending of temperatures.

From October until April I water them once a month. I put them in a tray with about 1 cm high water and let them take it up for some minutes. The whole substrate is never becoming wet but only gets some lightly watering. This shall allow the roots to not dry out completely.
Temperature will be 15 C as a minimum.
Sun is offered as much as possible.