Pachycereus marginatus (Mexican Fence Post Cactus) is a columnar, basally clumping cactus with unbranched, dark green stems that have 5 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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Schlumbergera russelliana is a beautiful cactus with stems composed of strongly flattened segments with few notches along their edges …
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 …
Rhipsalis baccifera (Mistletoe Cactus) is an epiphytic cactus with many slender, pendent, branched stems. In its native habitat, it can …
Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri (Easter Cactus), also known as Hatiora gaertneri or Schlumbergera gaertneri, is a beautiful cactus that, with …
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 …
Obregonia denegrii (Artichoke Cactus) is a small cactus with a squashed, globular, solitary stem with triangular, spirally arranged …
Rapicactus subterraneus, formerly known as Turbinicarpus subterraneus, is a small cactus with an erect or prostrate, bluish-green stem …