Copiapoa haseltoniana purple-red slender flower stalks that can

slender flower stalks that can reach up to 3 feet in height

giving it strong bonsai appeal even without pruning

It can tolerate frost but only slightly

but occasionally up to 1 m or more metres tall

During the summer it is best to keep the plants outside where the temperature can rise to over 30° C with no harm to the plant

Copiapoa haseltoniana purple-red slender flower stalks that canCopiapoa haseltoniana is Endemic to the Atacama desert (Chile, Antofagasta) on a few hundred metres wide coastal plain at 15 km NE, inlands above Paposo (from Taltal to Caleta Colorado), which lies between the sea and the steeply rising coastal mountain. Description: Usually forms massive clumps, up to 1. 5 m tall. Stems: Light green or reddish tinged with an amber yellow woolly crown, up to 25 cm in diameter, round branching laterally with 14 to 22