Friendly disclosure: We are always expanding on our multiple size offering. Often time we find customer ordering smaller version of the our product from listing while expecting a larger specimen as shown in listing resulting in missed expectations and disappointments. Some reported shipment they received looks nothing like the photos in listing or it is smaller than expected. Order are fulfilled correctly most of the time. We are working hard to illustrate all of our size variations offering with photos. When you are considering a product size variation that doesn't have photos, please reach out to our team as we will be happy to illustrate the size of the offering before you place your order. Please do not make assumptions on product size offering. Thank you so much for your understandings and considerations. We are here to help with any questions you may have. Thank you! Happy gardening!

We cannot emphasize enough the importance of having proper winter protection at all time especially during winter season like this. If your local night temperature falls below 45F you will need to protect your plant(s) with heat pack. And they can be purchased here -> https://www.etsy.com/listing/781551923/uniheat-72-or-96-hour-heatpack-for
Heatpack will work properly only when the package is properly insulated. When you purchase a heatpack we will will ship your plant in a fully insulated foam box for proper temperature retention as generated by the heatpack. For large items such as upright cactus 2 - 3 heatpack may be needed. When your region is under severe winter weather below freezing, we will hold off and delay the shipping to a more appropriate weather and reschedule your shipment. We will not be able to cover your purchase due to death on arrival (DOA) due to cold in absence of proper winter protection as that have occurred in the past. We thank you for your understanding.

One of the highly rated cactus that's currently listed in the CITES restricted for species protection in the nature. The harvesting of this species from the wild is strictly monitored and restricted. We were able to make available some of these very unique collector grade ferocacatus for our privileged rare cactus collector. Quantity is very limited.

Ferocactus Chrysacanthus is originally found in Baja California and is only naturally found growing on the Island of Cedros and possibly San Benitos. The commonly known form is fully yellow with hooked spines. What we are offering is a more rare strain of Chrysacanthus, for which the spines appears to be golden orange, with a hue of red near the center core of the spines. It is highly uncommon for this particular strain to be found circulating. Spine appear golden orange under the sun.

This cactus requires a relatively high average temperature, low rainfall but relatively high humidity. This is a solitary barrel cactus with dense spines. It is known to be the spinest among the Ferocactus group. The spines are hooked, forming a fully protected shield against intruder who prey on the cactus.

Mature specimen can reach 12" in diameter and nearly 3 ft tall. Though specimen of this size is rarely seen. It has light yellow flower.

We believe that the size of this offering is among the largest you will be able to find for this particular protected species. Most nurserymen offer young cactus in size of 3 to 4" pot of the common form.


SIZE:
Available in 8 in. (spine to spine diameter) as XL Specimen, this is among the largest Chrysacanthus available on the market free from damages and environmental wear and tear.
Very limited quantity available.

SHIPPING:
All plants ordered during the week will be shipped the following week via USPS. We will ship your plant out the following week if order is placed before noon on Sunday. All shipping fees included. We try to refrain the plant from sitting at the post office over the weekend so we will not ship after Wednesday in most cases. Tracking number will be sent via messenger after shipment. Please let us know via message if you have any special shipping requirements.
Extra processing time required for Specimen Size giant Plant. Specimen will be shipped bare root via UPS Freight.

PROTECTION:
Plant will be packed carefully in a custom box made to adequately fit the specimen, we make sure your specimen is package against any shipment shock.

METHOD:
Plants will be shipped bareroot with roots.


RETURN POLICY:
🗸 Notify us of any defects or damages within 24 hours upon receiving of item.
🗸 Buyer is responsible for all shipping and handling fees during an item's exchange, including the return shipping that is needed to ship the new item back to buyer
🗸 Unreasonably returned packages will be charged a variable shipping and handling fee.
🗸 All defective items must be returned / received within 7 days from the original package receiving date as postmarked by USPS
🗸 Include your name, contact, and order # inside the package for return processing.
🗸 Allow 5 business days starting from the receipt of your returned package for us to process your return.
🗸 Return thru ETSY payment processing only. No outside refund method allowed.

SUPPORT:
Premium service support is available at all time for all purchases from our store with no expiration. Just drop us a message for any questions you have.

IMPORTANT NOTES ON SHIPPING:

Your plants always ship FREE via USPS.

If you want to upgrade to UPS shipping, please use the following link and select the appropriate upgrade option as needed:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/840854397/special-order-request

Based on our shipping and handling experiences, if you like to improve the overall delivery quality of your plant investments, we would recommend you considering upgrading to UPS which seems to be our preferred method of delivery.

UPS are reliable for the most part but they no longer offer full guarantee time of arrival based on services employed. In our experience, nearly all of our package arrival on time with exception of severe snowstorm or unusual circumstances. We are happy with the UPS service offering.

We have a variety of UPS service upgrade available:

1. UPS Ground Upgrade – typically deliver anywhere in US between 2 to 5 business days. They do not ship over weekend - +$5

2. UPS 3 days Upgrade – 3 business days arrival - +$10

3. UPS 2 days Upgrade – 2 business days arrival - +$20

4. UPS Express Upgrade – Next Day Arrival - +$38


In our opinion, this upgrade option is very good to protect your valuable plant investment. For ultra rare specimen, we highly recommend it as that would create the least amount of stress for the plant. Those who utilize it truly enjoy the timeliness of our services and were thrilled to find their plants arriving in stellar conditions.

Do consider upgrade when your region is projected to have extreme cold or extreme hot weather. We try to avoid all our shipment to spend its weekend at the delivery facility at all time.