🌱 Beginner-Friendly "Drama-free plant energy"

The plant that thrives on being ignored. Soft silvery leaves covered in fine white felt that catch the light and feel like a tiny cat's ear.

What you get: 1 live plant, shipped potted in its plastic nursery pot, plus a plant care card, a QR code to our free online plant guide, and a discount code for your next order.

Quick facts

• Difficulty: beginner-friendly
• Light: bright indirect to partial sun
• Water: let the top 2 inches of soil dry out between waterings. It stores water in its leaves and forgives underwatering far more than overwatering
• Soil: well-drained succulent or standard houseplant mix
• Feed: not needed. It's naturally slow-growing
• Prefers drier air. Skip the humidity tent
• Outdoors in USDA Zones 10a–12; houseplant everywhere else
• Mature size: about 10 inches
• Pet friendly. Non-toxic to cats and dogs

Native to Brazil. Pet safe is rare among the textural collector plants, and this one is completely safe around curious cats and dogs.

Fresh out of the box: give it 1–2 weeks to settle. A droopy leaf or a slow week is normal travel drama, not a death sentence.

Cold weather: heat packs are required November through February for the live arrival guarantee. Outside those months, if any stop on the route from California to you could drop below 50°F, add a heat pack. Plants are dramatic about frostbite, and honestly, fair.

Live arrival guarantee: if your plant shows up in rough shape, send us a photo within 48 hours of delivery. For an eligible claim we may provide a replacement when available, a refund to the original payment method, a partial refund, store credit, or care and recovery instructions when the issue is cosmetic or reversible. Heat packs are required November through February for the guarantee. Orders over $100 ship UPS or USPS with shipping insurance. Orders usually ship within a few days, Monday through Wednesday, so plants never sit in a carrier warehouse over a weekend (we may make an exception if you're close by, likely to receive it by Saturday, or the weather along the route is mild). Full shipping and refund policies are on our website. Every plant is nursery grown in California.

Water: Allow the top 2 inches of soil to dry out between waterings. This plant stores water in its felted leaves, so it's far more forgiving of underwatering than overwatering.
Feeding: Light feeding isn't necessary — this plant is naturally slow-growing regardless of fertilizer.

Well-drained, slightly acidic sandy loam or standard succulent/houseplant mix, pH 5-7.5.

Not cold hardy. Keep as an indoor houseplant outside zones 10a-12.

Dormancy:

Growing Zones (unless Indoors):

Native Area:

Brazil

• Leaf cuttings
• Stem cuttings (2-3 inches), with or without rooting hormone

• Do you offer free shipping?
• Wild Wonders Oasis will run free shipping offers once orders have reached a certain threshold. You can find this information on the Product Pages, Cart Page, and Checkout Page.
  
  Shipping costs are calculated at checkout based on your order, location, selected carrier, and shipping speed. Basically, the plants need a safe little travel plan, and unfortunately the postal goblins do require payment. 📦🌿
  
  We do our best to offer available shipping options at checkout so you can choose what works best for you.
• Do you offer express shipping?
• Yes — express shipping options may be available at checkout.
  
  At checkout, you’ll see a variety of postal carriers and shipping speeds to choose from, depending on your location and the items in your order. Pick the option that works best for you and your leafy little travel companions. 🌿
  
  Please note that shipping speeds begin once the carrier receives the package — not while your plant is still being lovingly packed like the tiny botanical celebrity it is.