Escontria chiotilla Size:4" Pot The Claret Cup Cactus is

The Claret Cup Cactus is highly drought-tolerant

Allow the offsets to callous over for a few days before planting to prevent rot

and very close or confluent areoles

skin and mucous membranes

You might need to water more frequently in extremely hot and dry weather

Escontria chiotilla Size:4" Pot The Claret Cup Cactus isEscontria chiotilla is a genus of cactus. The only species is Escontria chiotilla, the chiotilla or jiotilla. The species originates from Mexico (Guerrero, Michoacn, Oaxaca, southern Puebla). This is a tree like cactus, up to 7 meters tall. It has 7 or 8 acute ribs, and very close or confluent areoles. It bears dark red fruit comparable in appearance and texture to Pitaya, but smaller (3,5 cm). Some of the information in this description has been