Gymnocalycium mihanovichii friedrichii is commonly known as 'Hibotan' or "Moon Cactus". This variant occurs when the plant lacks chlorophyll, and the body color manifests as beautiful pink, orange, yellow, or red rather than the typical green. It was discovered that these beautiful seedlings could not survive on their own since they did not have chlorophyll; therefore, they were incapable of producing the necessary chemical changes that are involved in photosynthesis and necessary for the production of the "food" that is essential for the plant to grow and thrive. It was determined that if these tiny seedlings were "grafted" (an actual physical union of the vascular systems of the two plants) onto fast growing plants, such as Hylocereus, the "base" plant could provide the necessary chlorophyll for the "upper" plant (in this case the Gymnocalycium seedling that lacked chlorophyll) to thrive.