Gymnocalycium ochoterenae is a small cactus with a gray-green, olive green, or brownish stem with 9 to 12 ribs. The stem can grow up to …
Browsing: Cactaceae
The family Cactaceae (cactus, cacti) is divided into four subfamilies (Pereskioideae, Opuntioideae, Cactoideae and Maihuenioideae), around 125 – 130 genera and 1,400 – 1,500 species of flowering plants with succulent (water-storing) stems.
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Melocactus bellavistensis is a small cactus with a globose to somewhat elongate, conical stem with 9 to 18 ribs and red bristly …
Lobivia tegeleriana, formerly known as Echinopsis tegeleriana, is a small, usually solitary cactus with a spherical, egg-shaped, or …
Astrophytum myriostigma 'Onzuka Quadricostatum' is a form of Astrophytum myriostigma 'Onzuka' with 4 ribs instead of 5 and snowy-white …
Mammillaria plumosa (Feather Cactus) is a clustering cactus that forms a mound of globose stems covered in soft white spines. It grows up …
Polaskia chichipe (Chichipe) is a tree-like cactus with a short main stem that branches freely at the top as the plant matures …
Opuntia tomentosa (Velvet Tree Pear) is a tree-like cactus with a woody main stem and fleshy, dull green, much-branched stems consisting …
Cylindropuntia imbricata (Tree Cholla) is a tree-like cactus with a short woody trunk and several upright candelabra-like branches. It can …
Austrocylindropuntia subulata 'Gumby', also known as Opuntia 'Gumby', is an interesting small cactus with green cylindrical stems with …
Rhipsalis teres (Quill-like Wickerware Cactus) is an epiphytic cactus with slender cylindrical stems that may be erect, spreading, or …