Melocactus perezassoi Caudiciform The plant makes attractive maroon

The plant makes attractive maroon to black flowers when actively growing

This is the normal

Flowers are a pretty pink color

A unique  hybrid of one of the most beautiful and uncommom species of Euphorbia

They turn yellow again in the fall

Melocactus perezassoi Caudiciform The plant makes attractive maroonMelocactus perezassoi Family: Cactaceae. A nice cephallium forming cactus. When young (as they are now) they seem like a regular green cactus but once it gets big enough the main plant stops growing but produces a large hairy inflorescence that continues to grow for the rest of the life of the plant. Eventually the inflorescence can be taller than the plant itself. This is more tropical than most cacti so it doesn't like cold weather and it also