Description

Geohintonia Mexicana 

Geohintonia is a monospecific genus discovered in 1992. It is a strongly ribbed cactus of unique appearance. This plant grows on gypsum hills on vertical cliff in the neighbourhood of Rayones, it is a soil specialist – a gypsophile. Now this plant is critically endangered, the wild population of Gehintonia mexicana was partially wiped out by “collectors”.  Seeds of the cactus are extremely rare.