This minuscule plant, with thin, rough-tubercled, cylindrical stems looks nothing like the other species, it branches from an early age, six months or so, and its fruits (horns) are small but numerous, adorning almost every shoot.
Grows quite well in a greenhouse, it enjoy surprising amounts of water when they're growing.
They need a very fast draining soil and protection from cold and damp, but doesn’t like to get bone dry, even in winter, when plants must receive regular light watering, this species is comparatively quite frost resistant, but the minimum temperature must not lower below 0° C (anyway it can tolerate occasional light frost for short period), with adequate water supply this species can flower all the winter long .
