Kadenicarpus heliae
A small, recently described cactus from the semi-arid highlands of Hidalgo, Mexico, known from a single locality near 2,000 m. Grow it like a Turbinicarpus: strong light, a very mineral mix, a warm wet summer and a cool, completely dry winter.
Where it grows wild
Inferred from the genus: small geophytic cacti of open limestone or shale slopes in semi-arid scrub, often half-buried among rocks with little cover.
The single recorded site sits near 2,050 m.
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