Rebutias are small, often prolific flowering cacti native to the mountains of Bolivia and Argentina. They’re also a group with a surprisingly complicated history of name changes! We’ll look at their natural habitats, sort through some of the botanical confusion, explore the differences between Rebutia, Aylostera, and Weingartia, and discuss growing and caring for these plants.
Amie Frisch is the owner of Vivid Root, a small nursery in Garden Valley, California, where she grows and propagates a wide variety of cacti and succulents. She has a particular interest in unusual species and has recently been expanding her collection of Rebutias and related genera for propagation.
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