Also known as Stenocactus multicostatus, it is relatively easy to care. It likes a porous, fast draining soil and might tolerate low light levels. If kept in full sun, it develops nice sturdy spines as depicted above.
The wavy ribs offer an ideal shelter for potential pests and bugs so spraying the plants with a light insecticide dilution is advised time and time again. My plants also seem vulnerable to temperature drops during the autumn. Dormancy should be encouraged as soon as temperatures go below 10℃ during night time.
If all things are right, it flowers profusely in the spring season.
Echinofossulocactus grandicornis flowers
