Ariocarpus retusus var. furfuraceus (Seven Stars), also known as Ariocarpus furfuraceus, is a slow-growing cactus geophyte with a solitary…
Browsing: Ariocarpus
Ariocarpus is a genus of 8 species of succulent, subtropical plants of the Cactaceae family. The name comes from the ancient Greek "aria" (an oak type) and "carpos" (fruit) because of the resemblance of the fruit of the two genus in acorn form. Another possibility for the origin of the name is the work Scheidweiler did on the tree Sorbus aria at the time he described the genus Ariocarpus. He might have meant the fruits look like the fruits of the Sorbus aria. Ariocarpus are endangered and quite rare in the wild.
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Ariocarpus scaphirostris (Living Rock Cactus) is a slow-growing geophytic cactus with a grey-green stem that rises barely above ground…
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus (Star Rock) is small cactus with a flat-topped, usually solitary stem with small, triangular tubercles and…
Ariocarpus fissuratus 'Godzilla' is an odd slow-growing cactus that forms a star-shaped rosette of thick fleshy deltoid tubercles with a…
Ariocarpus trigonus (Star Rock), also known as Ariocarpus retusus subsp. trigonus is a slow-growing geophytic cactus with a solitary…
Ariocarpus agavoides (Tamaulipas Living Rock Cactus) is a small cactus with a greenish-brown rosette-shaped stem with divergent, often…
Ariocarpus retusus (Star Rock) iis an unusual slow-growing cactus with a solitary, flattened globose stem with stiff pyramidal tubercles…
Ariocarpus fissuratus (False Peyote) is a geophyte cactus that forms a star-shaped rosette of thick, fleshy, deltoid to hemispheric…