Xerophyte

Description

Unlike the type species, Astrophytum myriostigma cv. DragonSN|29863]]SN|29863]] has very unusual, bulging, crest-like outgrowths between contiguous ribs. These crest-like outgrowths become more and more raised as the plant age. With time the “crests” will protrude well above the rim of the true ribs with areoles often sunken in the hollow between the crest-like formations. It looks something like an extreme or mutant form of cv. Fukuryu. It is very rare. A nude (green) form also exist (see Astrophytum myriostigma cv. DragonSN|29863]]SN|29863]] Hekiran).