Astrophytum asterias (Sand Dollar Cactus) is a small, spineless cactus with a solitary spherical, apically depressed dark green stem with …
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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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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 an epiphytic, freely branching cactus with green or reddish stems reaching up to 3.3 feet …
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 …
Epiphyllum oxypetalum (Queen of the Night) is a profusely branched epiphytic cactus with a cylindrical, woody at the base, erect or semi …
Opuntia robusta (Wheel Cactus) is a shrubby or tree-like cactus with much-branched stems consisting of flattened blue-green to blue-grey…
Echinopsis oxygona (Easter Lily Cactus) is a cactus with globose to short cylindrical stems with 11 to 18 ribs lined with clusters of…
Opuntia rufida (Blind Prickly Pear), formerly known as Opuntia microdasys subsp. rufida, is a much-branched cactus that forms a dense…