Gymnocalycium ragonesei is a small cactus with a flattened-globose, usually solitary stem with 7 to 10 ribs and clusters of almost…
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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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Mammillaria prolifera (Texas Nipple Cactus) is a low-growing cactus that forms a dense clump of dark green, globose to cylindrical stems …
Mammillaria microhelia is a beautiful small cactus with cylindrical, green stems with conical tubercles, each with a cluster of numerous …
Echinopsis huascha (Red Torch Cactus) is a slow-growing cactus with upright or creeping, light green stems with 12 to 18 ribs and clusters …
Ferocactus macrodiscus is a barrel cactus with a solitary blue-green stem with 16 to 35 pronounced ribs and clusters of curved yellow or…
Ferocactus gracilis (Fire Barrel Cactus) is an attractive cactus with a solitary deep green stem with about 24 ribs and felted areoles…
Gymnocalycium bruchii is a dwarf cactus that forms clumps of blue-green stems with 12 shallow ribs and woolly areoles that bears clusters…
Rhipsalis pilocarpa (Hairy Stemmed Rhipsalis) is a cactus that grows as an epiphytic shrub with cylindrical, initially upright, later…
Stenocereus pruinosus (Gray Ghost Organ Pipe) is a large shrubby or tree-like cactus with a distinct trunk from which the branching stems…
Ortegocactus macdougallii is a small, clump-forming cactus with greenish-gray, globular stems with rhomboid tubercles topped with a …