Rhipsalis rhombea (Copper Branch) is a shrubby cactus with cylindrical or angled main stems and usually flat and thin, but sometimes …
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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Disocactus anguliger (Fishbone Cactus), formerly known as Epiphyllum anguliger, is a much-branched cactus with smooth, green, often woody …
Astrophytum myriostigma var. nudum (Bishop's Cap Cactus) is a spineless cactus with a spherical to cylindrical, usually solitary stem …
Austrocylindropuntia lagopus is a cactus with cylindrical stems with fine, creamy-yellowish hair arising from areoles. It can reach a …
Astrophytum myriostigma 'Onzuka' is an attractive, slow-growing cactus with a green, solitary stem heavily marked with white spots. The …
Lepismium houlletianum is a much-branched cactus with cylindrical primary stems and flattened secondary stem segments with serrated …
Ariocarpus scaphirostris (Living Rock Cactus) is a slow-growing geophytic cactus with a dark green to brown, subglobose stem with large …
Acanthocalycium spiniflorum is a small cactus with globular stems that become cylindrical with age. It usually grows solitary but may …
Echinocereus scheeri subsp. gentryi is a branched cactus with cylindrical stems with 4 to 5 ribs and very short spines. The stems grow up …
Hatiora × graeseri (Easter Cactus) is a freely branching shrub with pendent stems that consists of flat, mid-green segments. Hatiora …