Rebutia heliosa is a small, slow-growing cactus with spherical to short cylindrical stems densely covered in brown areoles with short…
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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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Gymnocalycium mihanovichii (Chin Cactus) is a dwarf cactus with a spherical, gray-green, often reddish stem with usually eight narrow …
Melocactus matanzanus (Dwarf Turk's Cap Cactus) is a small cactus with a spherical or slightly depressed, usually solitary stem with a …
Cleistocactus samaipatanus is a columnar cactus with lime green stems with 14 to 17 ribs lined with clusters of pale yellow spines …
Astrophytum asterias (Sand Dollar Cactus) is a small, spineless cactus with a solitary spherical, apically depressed dark green stem with 5…
Escobaria missouriensis (Missouri Foxtail Cactus) is a small cactus with oblate or spheric to obconic stems with elongate tubercles tipped…
Jasminocereus thouarsii (Candelabra Cactus) is a tree-like cactus with a thick green or greenish-yellow stem that usually separates into…
Disocactus phyllanthoides (German Empress) is a freely-branching epiphytic cactus with green or reddish stems that grow up to 3.3 feet (1 m…
Austrocylindropuntia subulata (Eve's Needle Cactus) is a tree-like cactus that grows up to 13 feet (4 m) tall. It has a trunk, up to 4 …
Acanthocereus tetragonus 'Fairy Castle' (Fairy Castle Cactus) is a dwarf slow-growing cactus with many mid-green branches and branchlets …