This species is a vigorous summer grower, timing its main vegetative expansion with the warm weather and seasonal summer rainfall of the Argentine mountains. It explodes into life in late spring, producing a spectacular display of large, bright orange-scarlet, funnel-shaped flowers that completely obscure the small stems. It enters a deep, cold-hardy dormancy during the dry winter months. In cultivation, it thrives in a well-draining, mineral-dominant substrate (like an 80% pumice and 20% organic mix) and benefits from regular water during the heat of summer. It requires a cold, completely dry winter rest to trigger abundant budding for the following spring.