Cactus Adromischus cooperi

Adromischus cooperi is a highly glamorous succulent for the curious reddish tips that it has throughout its surface. It is known by the common name of Charadrius eggs (the Charadrius is a small bird with brown back feathers and black chest with reddish orange eyes) and is native to southern Africa. It is considered a dwarf plant because it grows no more than seven centimeters in height and extends over land fifteen centimeters.

The leaves are characterized by being very fleshy, wide at the tips and thin at the base, where they stick to the stem. The tips also have a curvature that gives it a curious appearance. They are usually pale green, but if the direct sun touches them, red spots appear above the upper half of each leaf.

The flowers are even more surprising. A stem above thirty centimeters in height protrudes and at the end of it, the flowers, which are very small, in the form of a tube with different colors, such as a variety of roses, purple and white. I say they’re amazing because compared to the succulent, flowers look very big. Like many other succulents and cacti, it needs direct sunshine, and we can see that leaves wrinkle a bit as temperatures rise, but don’t worry and think the plant is dying, all you have to do is water it and the leaves will return to their normal format.

And speaking of irrigation, it needs moderate water, but without exceeding us. This means that in summer it wants water once every fifteen days waiting for the substrate to be completely dry and in winter it will remove the water supply, unless you notice that the leaves will sprinkle, in which case the water supply will be minimal. It can withstand temperatures below zero if they are punctual, if they persist, it must be moved to an area, inside the home where minimum temperatures are between ten and fifteen degrees positive.

It likes the direct sun, as many hours as possible, always watching that it is not burned. The leaves are really sensitive. The union between them is very thin, so the slightest blow can cause some of the leaves to break. But all be said, if a leaf breaks, we can always use it to create a new Adromischus. The only thing you have to do if this happens to you is to look for a small test, put special soil of cactus and succulent soil, and we have to keep the substrate wet without water sinking for the first ten days, after that time, it will have started to take roots and you have to start irrigating as the species itself requires. It’s also important that when you plant it, it’s not buried, at least, that it touches the substrate, you can do that by supporting the leaf at the edge of the test.

Now, yes, don’t be in a hurry to see him grow, because he’s slow-growing and you can spend half of your life waiting to see him big!