Astrophytum capricorne 25 Seeds - Goat's horn cactus

Astrophytum capricorne, commonly called goat’s horn cactus, is a species of cacti in the family Cactaceae. Plants are globose when young, becoming ovoid, and eventually columnar with age, reaching up to 4 feet tall when fully grown. A. capricorne is native to northern Mexico and can be found growing throughout the Chihuahuan desert. Plants typically have 8 ribs, with varying prevalence of white wooly patches of trichomes that are dispersed across the epidermis characterized by the genus. The flowers bloom in summer and are yellow with a red center, sweet smelling, and 3 inches in diameter which yield red fruit when pollinated. The spines typically grow 5 to 10 per areole and are 3 inches long. The spines are gray to brown, flattened, and twisted, resembling a goat's horns, giving the species its name.  Astrophytum capricorne seeds should be spread across a sterilized cactus substrate mix or pure peat moss. Cover the seeds with a thin layer of substrate mix or peat moss and mist the sur