2017年4月13日 · Our native cactus makes a hooked central spine and I had to learn early on how difficult it can be to handle and separate even baby plants. Those spines make it pointless to handle them with anything that can get hooked (skin, fabric). I have found the best solution to be my favorite tool in this process: the chopstick.

2014年7月24日 · However, these plants won’t flower too well indoors. Moon Cactus (Gymnocalycium cultivar) These plants, commonly found at Lowe’s or Home Depot, have a green base and a brightly colored, spiky top part. This top part is actually another cactus grafted onto the green base. These guys grow well in bright indirect light and stay pretty small.

Cactus/Succulent: Life cycle: Perennial: Sun Requirements: Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade: Water Preferences: Mesic Dry Mesic: Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F) Maximum recommended zone: Zone 12: Plant ...

Eve's Needle Cactus by SummersEve: Jul 4, 2014 3:29 PM: 0: Eve's Needle Cactus (Austrocylindropuntia subulata) by kesmith99: Oct 28, 2016 7:39 PM: 1: Young leaves by lasertrimguy: Jun 4, 2018 9:16 PM: 1: Broken branch advice by lasertrimguy: Jun 5, 2018 1:10 PM: 0: Great looking little plant by lasertrimguy: May 15, 2023 6:39 PM: 0

Clumping, mat-forming, creeping or trailing cactus from Argentina with dramatic red-orange flowers that open in the daytime during late spring. Relatively common in cultivation. Many small (half inch wide) stems, roughly peanut-like, each with 6-9 ribs and bristly (not particularly dangerous) spines.

2018年3月11日 · Typically I see that the clay rocks really work nicely if the plant is more tropical in nature, since these types of plants loves more moisture at root zone. For myself, I do not recommend them much for most of the other succulents, since the roots of succulents, prefer to dry out much faster and are much thinner too, so it is quite easy to rot ...

Spiny, offsetting barrel cactus with stems from 4-8 inches in diameter. Clumps may reach 12 to 20 or more heads on old plants in nature. They have 13-21 ribs; 4 spreading central spines, lowest one curving downward; and 6-8 spreading radial spines, which may be difficult to distinguish from the centrals. The spines have traditional uses.

Small, spiny, usually clustering globose cactus with purplish red to pink flowers from north-central or northeastern Mexico. Extremely variable. Some plants in cultivation are solitary and tend to grow larger stems. 1-4 central spines, reddish or white with reddish tips. Radial spines are fine and hairlike, and are sometimes missing. Red fruit.

Cactus/Succulent: Life cycle: Perennial: Sun Requirements: Full Sun: Water Preferences: Dry: Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F) Plant Height: 10-35 feet: Plant Spread: 10-15 feet. With time this plant will spread out many branches from a central trunk. Fruit: Showy Edible to birds: Fruiting Time: Fall ...

2024年9月3日 · Ferocactus is the genus most people think of first when they hear the name barrel cactus. It used to include a number of plants which were recently moved to other genera (Bisnaga, Parrycactus); those plants will appear separately in this list. Ferocactus is also close to the North American Leuchtenbergia and Thelocactus, among other cacti.