Gymnocalycium denudatum (Spider Cactus) is a small cactus with a dark green, spherical, usually solitary stem with 5 to 8 ribs with low …
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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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Echinocereus dasyacanthus (Texas Rainbow Cactus) is a cactus with erect green stems with 15 to 18 ribs and clusters of spines that …
Stenocereus thurberi (Organ Pipe Cactus) is a cactus with several narrow stems that rise vertically, growing from a short trunk just …
Opuntia ficus-indica (Prickly Pear) is a shrubby or tree-like cactus with dull green or grayish green, narrowly elliptic to ovate stem…
Disocactus speciosus (Sun Cereus) is an occasionally epiphytic cactus with erect or pendant, much-branched stems with 3 to 5 sharp wavy …
Disocactus × hybridus (Orchid Cactus) is perhaps the most commonly grown Orchid Cactus with flat to triangular stems, often quite thick …
Pachycereus marginatus (Mexican Fence Post Cactus) is a basally clumping columnar cactus with unbranched dark green stems with 5 to 7 ribs …
Schlumbergera russelliana is a cactus with stems composed of strongly flattened segments with few notches along their edges. The segments…
Disocactus ackermannii (Red Orchid Cactus) is an attractive epiphytic cactus with a short cylindrical main stem and longer leaf-like …
Pachycereus pringlei (Mexican Giant Cardon) is a tall cactus with a trunk and several erect blue-green to dark green branches with 10 to …