Rhipsalis baccifera (Mistletoe Cactus) is an epiphytic cactus with many slender, pendent, branched stems. In its native habitat, it can …
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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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Hatiora gaertneri (Easter Cactus), also known as Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri or Schlumbergera gaertneri, is a cactus that grows on trees or …
Schlumbergera truncata (Thanksgiving Cactus) is a popular much-branched cactus with dark green stems composed of smooth flattened …
Schlumbergera × buckleyi (True Christmas Cactus) is a much-branched epiphytic cactus with fleshy spinless branches divided into flattened …
Obregonia denegrii (Artichoke Cactus) is a cactus with a solitary squashed globular stem with triangular, spirally arranged tubercles…
Turbinicarpus subterraneus is a small cactus with an erect or prostrate, bluish-green stem flaring out after a long, slender neck that …
Astrophytum caput-medusae is an unusual cactus with a cylindrical and very reduced stem and long, green, usually cylindrical or triangular…
Ariocarpus fissuratus (False Peyote) is a geophyte cactus that forms a star-shaped rosette of thick, fleshy, deltoid to hemispheric …
Leuchtenbergia principis (Agave Cactus) is a unique cactus with a cylindrical stem and long grayish-green tubercles with purplish-red…
Opuntia microdasys var. albispina (Angel Wings) is a freely clustering cactus with miniature pads with no spines but numerous white hair …