Carnegiea is a genus of one species, the giant Saguaro cactus. The Saguaro is columnar with fluted ribs on stout branches that curve upward giving the appearance of raised hands. The spines are light brown. Mature Saguaro cactus that are decades old can produce greenish-white, night-blooming flowers that are fragrant. Saguaro flower only in old age. […] More
Opuntia — commonly called prickly pear–are cacti that usually have pad-like and flattened or sometime cylindrical and club-shaped or spherical segmented branches. Optunia bear funnel- or bowl-shaped flowers usually at the tips or from the sides of branch segments. Optunia bear spiny obovoid or spherical fruits called prickly pears. In a few species, the prickly pears are […] More
Cacti include a wide variety of plants most have waxy and often spined foliage. Cacti are arid climate plants that can be grown indoors in bright light. Most are low maintenance needing little water and only occasional feeding. Cacti vary in shape from huge columnar branched or unbranched forms to slender vines, from tree-like growths […] More
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