Paper Pine Cactus - Maihueniopsis glomerata houseplant although it has fleshy leaves

although it has fleshy leaves and straggly stems

but they grow better with regular deep watering and fertilizing

water-soluble NPK fertilizer formulated for succulents

The plant bears the flowers during summer

Paper Pine Cactus - Maihueniopsis glomerata houseplant although it has fleshy leavesMaihueniopsis glomerata, also known as Tephrocactus glomeratus, is a small cactus species forming low, spreading, strong jointed, hemispheric clumps. It is a smaller and sometimes less spiny version of Maihueniopsis darwinii, with oval to elongated, egg shaped stems either erect or prostrate. Throughout its natural range there is considerable variation in segment size, spine color, spine count per areola etc. such that this species is now to be found