Calibanus hookeri 5" caudex! Crassulaceae Lower light will cause the

Lower light will cause the leaves to turn green

but especially in the spring

Leaves are on an upright stem which branches in time

this is a very attractive smaller upright cactus covered in bristle like golden spines

Calibanus hookeri 5" caudex! Crassulaceae Lower light will cause theCalibanus hookeri Family: Agavaceae. An strange caudiciform plant from Mexico. It is essentially a big tuft of grass growing from a woody caudex. The leaves are rough textured and bluish in color, especially as the plant matures. The larger the caudex gets the more individual tufts will form. Large, mature plants can have a caudex two feet or more in diameter with a hundred or more tufts of leaves. That takes many, many years and can be kept smaller