The care given cacti and succulents will determine growth and flowering. The successful cultivation of cacti and succulents is largely determined by the materials used and the ability to modify care to take the best advantage of the growing conditions at hand. Growing conditions whether indoors or outdoors will never be perfect. The grower’s ability…
Cereus is a tall, columnar cactus that sometimes forms candelabra arms. Its nocturnal white flowers illuminate its top as if in flames. Cereus belongs to the Cereanae group of cactus; Cereanae comes from the Greek word for “wax candle”; Cereus resembles a flaming wax candle. Cereus species are easy to grow. They are strong, vigorous…
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….
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…
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…
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