Bishop's Cap Cactus
4.5 out of 5 (6 experiences)
Survivor
Easy to propagate
Also known as
Bishop's Hat, Bishop's Miter Cactus, Bishop's Hood, bishops cap and Astrophytum myriostigma nudum
Taxonomy
Astrophytum myriostigma
Astrophytum
Cactaceae
Caryophyllales
How to care for Bishop's Cap Cactus
How often to water your Bishop's Cap Cactus
every 12
Bishop's Cap Cactus needs 0.5 cups of water every 12 when it doesnāt get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
12
Finding light for Bishop's Cap Cactus in your home
a window
Bishop's Cap Cactus love being close to bright, sunny windows š.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Bishop's Cap Cactus does not tolerate low-light š«.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Bishop's Cap Cactus in your home š”.
How to fertilize Bishop's Cap Cactus
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil itās likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Bishop's Cap Cactus after it doubles in size or once a yearāwhichever comes first.
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Does anyone know the correct name of this cactus please? The label just says Astrophytum.
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holes in cactus? idk whatās going on here, i just got this dude and thereās a hole near his base :( i thought nothing of it and potted him up-i canāt take a pic bc i know this species is finicky and i donāt wanna dig him out and stress him. itās brown, heās still firm tho and not mushy/rotted, roots are healthy as well. like literally nothing is wrong except the hole. iām really sorry that i couldnāt provide a pic!! #CactusClique
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Thereās something wrong with my Bishopās cap cactus and I donāt know what to do I just noticed today that thereās a dark spot on my Bishopās cap cactus. Itās extremely squishy and it looks like thereās a ring of brown around the darker, squishy spot. Itās pretty big too, it goes about halfway around my cactus and at one point reaches about halfway up his side. What can I do? What have I been doing wrong? Can someone please help?
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This astrophytum has grown so much this year ā¤ļø #astrophytum #cactusclique
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[entry 1/2 for #GregTurnsTwo] chris wants the #GregGang to know yall are stars :)
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to my #fairyplantparent šš @Kiersten just emailed me to let me know one of my friends decided to give part of (?) their prize (might be wrong, could be the whole prize too,, in that case im crying even harder) to me and iām literally going to cry,, i just canāt comprehend how nice you guys are?? ive had many friends, some still here, some ive let go, but NONE of them has ever given me their own rightly deserved prize. whoever you are, thank you so much and youāre amazing!! you have the biggest heart, i donāt know which one of my friends you are but i can say this about all of yall. i just really canāt believe such kind people exist, iām so glad to belong to a community with such lovely, genuinely good hearted people- iāll continue giving back to greg for as long as i can, i love yall so so much !! <3 thank you for being my internet home :) uni thanks you as well
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My astrophytum flowered! It started making flowers before but they all died off before it could bloom so I definitely wasnāt expecting it!
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My cactus has all these cute little babies all around the bottom š¤šµSo adorable and some of them already have their own roots! I love it šššµ #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #CactusClique #SucculentSquad #SucculentLove #Succulents #NewGrowth #babevila #babyplants
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#succulentsquad #succulentlove #happyplants There are four non-sucs in there - including one very misplaced/displaced Venus FT - but this is otherwise succulent love.
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FINALLY a flower! #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #SucculentLove #RarePlants #CactusClique #Cactus
Care Summary for Bishop's Cap Cactus
Bishop's Cap Cactus
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 12 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4ā pot your plant is in, and that it doesnāt get direct sunlight.
What other plant parents say
Survivor 4
Easy to propagate 1
Pest magnet 1
Browns easily 1
12/04/2021
Very cool one my favorite in my cactus collection.
Survivor
06/26/2021
Love his shape, just wish I could revive him. Iām going to take out of direct sun and then make sure to put in a pot with drainage. I read that could help
Browns easily
06/22/2021
Its an odd cactus and it hates to be over watered
05/31/2021
super cute! have honestly forgotten about him and heās been thriving
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