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Japanese cultivar still quite rare in collection, seldom offered for sale. Graceful and distinctive. Grown from seed, quite variable.
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Group forming, stiff short spines, robust, multicoloured flowers, very nice!
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Seed-grown plants of variable appearance, areoles mostly without thorns. Deep pink to purple flowers.
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Mexican Giant Cactus, Elephant Cactu,: Sahuaso, Sagueso, Cardón Pelón, Cardón Gigante, Cardón, Senita
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Plants obtained from seeds, variable in characteristics. The young specimens have numerous spines, but over time the spines become more sparse and shorter. Some specimens become very strange.
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Ferocactus glaucescens is a medium sized, barrel cactus with greysh-blue stems. Multiple heads are produced as the plant ages and can form a very large mound. The spines are rather neatly distributed, and the unusual-looking white fruits are unmistakable.
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Very nice form with 4 (-6) very short orangish radial spines. The younger spines are yellow and very attractive).
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Notocactus leninghausii v. setispinus is distingushed from the standard species by its harmless spines which are thiner, more softer to the touch and silky.
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The flowers cluster around the lower part of the stem, they are purple to purplish red or dark red and clover-shented. The spines are short comb-like, spreading out and bent towards the body.
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Forma prolifera, molto rara. Ramifica abbondantemente dalla base e forma dense colonie.
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Talea radicata 1-2 cm
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The woolly areoles on the ribs have a felty line between them so it seems like the areoles are connected with each other.
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Ferobergia is an hybrid, made by crossing Ferocactus and Leuchtenbergia principis. Variegated plants have sectors, patches or stripes with two or more colours. Plants with variegated body are highly prized. Very variable.
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Chamaelobivia ’Lincoln Happy Thoughts’ is a nice hybrid that bears bright, cerise-pink flowers with a yellow throat.
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Mammillaria nejapensis is very variable, especially for the length of the spines, that greatly depends on sun exposure and age of the plant. This species forms large colonies by dichotomous division.
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Natural hybrid with mostly orange flowers. Seldom seen in collections.
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Huge pinkish white flowers. Robust ivory yellow spines particularly beautiful in plants grown in full sun.
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Irregular growth with both bare areoles and spiny areoles in alternating bands.
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It blooms already at only 3-4 cm in diameter. Long, pointed and vertical tubercles. Yellow flower.
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Echinofossulocactus coptonogonus has an heavy body with few ribs and few upright heavy spines, it is easy to identify among the Echinofossulocacti, the ribs are non-wavy, making it look like a Ferocactus.
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Pretty curly spines, white flowers.
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Yellow spination, very beautiful plants, dark magenta flowers with spiny tube.
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Self-fertile plant. Produces flowers in succession over a long period. The red, edible berries are produced in abundance without the need for fertilization. Easy to grow.
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Also known as “Joseph's Coat” is one of the very few naturally occurring white-variegated cacti. As its name suggests, this cactus is variegated or marbled with white, creamy-white, yellow, green and sometimes also with pink in varying patterns.
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Gymnocalycium stellatum is a beautiful slowly growing cactus. The stem is noticeably flatten dark greyish-brown to olive coloured. Spines 3, yellow to brown, becoming grey with age, add-pressed straight to slightly curved and flattened against the stem.
