Mammillaria sphaerica (Longmamma Nipple Cactus) is a small cactus that forms a clump of pale green globose stems with conical to…
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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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Cereus yungasensis is a tree-like cactus with segmented branches that arise from the main stem. It grows up to 40 feet (12 m) tall. The…
Mammillaria albicoma is an attractive cactus that forms clumps of green stems covered with white hair-like spines. The stems are globular…
Cereus hankeanus is a rare tree-like cactus with segmented branches that arise from the main stem. It grows up to 12 feet (3.7 m) tall…
Mammillaria mystax is a cactus with a flat-topped, globose to short cylindrical, usually solitary stem with pyramid-shaped tubercles, white…
Cereus bicolor is a rare shrubby cactus with blue-green branches with 7 or 8 ribs and areoles covered with white wool that bear clusters…
Mammillaria rhodantha (Rainbow Pincushion) is a small cactus with dark green stems covered with tubercles and spines that grow from the…
Cereus fricii is a large tree-like cactus with a candelabra-like crown of thick ridged branches that bear clusters of long spines. It…
Mammillaria mammillaris (Woolly Nipple Cactus) is a solitary or clump-forming cactus with spherical to short cylindrical stems with conical…
Cereus vargasianus is a large tree-like cactus with segmented glaucous green branches that arise from a short trank. It grows up to 26.2…