Echinocactus horizonthalonius (Eagle's Claw) is an attractive, slow-growing cactus with a flat-topped or hemispherical, usually solitary …
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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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Homalocephala texensis (Horse Crippler), formerly known as Echinocactus texensis, is a small cactus that has a usually solitary stem with …
Rhipsalis clavata is a stunning cactus with long, segmented, highly branched stems that are erect when young but soon hang, often growing …
Aztekium valdezii is a small cactus with subspherical greenish-grey stems with usually five well-pronounced ribs with transverse wrinkles …
Espostoa melanostele (Peruvian Old Lady) is a slow-growing columnar cactus with stems densely covered with white wool, hiding the body …
Aztekium hintonii is a small, slow-growing cactus with a spherical, grayish-green, usually solitary stem with 10 to 15 well-defined ribs …
Tephrocactus bonnieae, formerly known as Maihueniopsis bonnieae or Puna bonnieae, is a small geophytic cactus that resembles …
Echinocereus pectinatus (Rainbow Cactus) is a small columnar cactus with such thick spination that you can barely see the green stems …
Aztekium ritteri (Aztec Cactus) is a small cactus with a gray-green, almost spineless stem with 5 to 11 well-pronounced ribs. At first …
Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii, formerly known as Mammillaria celsiana, is a small cactus with spherical to short cylindrical stems with …