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Opuntia sulphurea has conspicuously tuberculate joints. The spines are very dense and stiff, horncolored. Flowers about 4 cm. long, yellow.
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Copiapoa maritima comes from a habitat with an extremely arid climate, they are remarkably tolerant of pot culture. These plants have thick taproots and are susceptible to overwatering.
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Notocactus claviceps is a smaller growing form of Notocactus schumannianus that does not exceed 50 cm in height. It has attractive light yellow (nearly white) flowers in summer.
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Opuntia erinacea has small elliptic to obovate segments. The spines are numerous, bristly, spreading and curling in all direction. The flowers are yellow in summer.
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Astrophytum myriostigma var. subnudum (partially naked form) is similar to A. myriostigma nudum, but deviates from it for having only a few white spots. The spots often form nice patterned designes on the dark green body.
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Chamaelobivia ’Golden Eye’ is a nice hybrid with orange-red flowers. Unique character of big yellow center (Eye). EFX.ESP1, from a Chamaecereus hybrid seed mix by Edith Koch.
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Gymnocalycium gibbosum var. chubutense distingushes for the unusual dark green to nearly black stem and for the cream-white or pinkish flowers. In its habit during winter there are heavy snows and frosts can occur throughout the year.
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Echinofossulocactus erectocentrus typically has 43 or fewer ribs. The spines are long, flexible (to 13 cm) and come up and close over the top of the plant. It produces whitish flowers with purple midvien in early spring.
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Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus is a tiny cactus that grows almost completely buried in the ground. It has a body that is essentially disc-shaped and flat on top, but that also has prominent tubercles rising above the general level of the plant body.
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Turbinicarpus alonsoi is a small cactus with a large tap-root, and only the apical part of the stem exposed at soil level. The spines are flattened, cardboard-like, grey with dark tip, irregularly bent inwards, frequently weathered, not piercing.
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Lobivia winteriana is one of the many geographical form of Echinopsis backebergii. It has distinctive bright fuchsia pink petals that contrast nicely with the with a paler or white throat. It is a very prolific bloomer.
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Un cactus globulare, Echinofossulocactus zacatecasensis con coste numerose e ondulate, spine appuntite e tre spine centrali marroni, di cui quella centrale è piatta.
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Eriosyce chilensis v. albiflora is a beautiful cactus with pale green stems cowered with dense whitish-yellow to brownish spines. The flowers are produced in summer, closely packed apically from young areoles, they are flattish, usually creamy white.
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Parodia subterranea (also found in cultivation as Notocactus occultus) is an amazing white-topped cactus species from Bolivia that reputedly grows almost completely hidden below the soil. The flower colour is usually red, but can be quite variable.
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Mammillaria pottsii v. mulitcaulis is a tiny, cespitose cactus with finger-like stems branching basally and along the sides. It is similar to some plants of Coryphan sneedii var. albicolumnaria, both of which occur in the same area.
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Astrophytum senile is a variety of A. capricorne that has beautiful yellow flowers with a red center and long flexible spines so densely wrapped that the body is barely visible and looks like a bundle of dry grass.
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(Seedling on its own roots) This is a Japanese selected strain with very large characteristic and woolly areole in combination with the green epidermis of "RURI KABUTO" (nudum). It is one of the most famous and peculiar Japanese Astrophytum cultivars.
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Gymnocactus beguinii is a small usually solitary, globose cactus with magenta funnel-shaped flowers. The anthers are dark chrome yellow. The style is creamy white.
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Native to Bolivia Neoraimondia herzogiana is a columnar cactus shaped like a candelabrum up to 15 m tall. Unlike most cactus species, its large brown areoles produce flowers year after year. The white or pink flowers are followed by edible fruits.
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This form comprises the clones of the species with dark red flowers, and larger heads. It has very short spines arranged on globes so that it looks like orbs covered with small, white spiders.
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Strombocactus disciformis è un piccolo cactus a lenta-crescità, di forma appiattita o sferica, di colore greigio verde-blu o verde-grigiastro, con tubercoli romboidali duri, disposti a spirale e quasi troncati nella parte superiore.
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E. freudenbergeri L1032 si trova nella Sierra de la Paila, dove cresce insieme a Gymnocactus aguirreanus e Escobaria zilziana. Ha fusti cilindrici che formano cespi, spine gialle fitte, una spina centrale marrone allungata e fiori rosa straordinari.
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Echinocereus reichenbachii v. burrensis is one of the smaller Echinocereus species with thigt amber coloured pectinate spines. It is very beautiful expecially when in flower.
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Mammillaria oteroi clusters freely and the offsets detach readily. It has some of the roundest fruits among mammillarias. The fruits are globose, 7-8 mm long, bright red. Flowers are pale yellowish green with muddy cerise midstripe.
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Stetsonia coryne, the only species of the genus Stetsonia, is a large, tree-like columnar cactus 3-10 m tall and is one of the most striking features of hot desert regions in Argentina. It is famous for the fiercely spines to 10 cm long.
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Echinocereus reichenbachii ssp. baileyi 'minor' (albispinus) has small multi-clumping stems with mainly white spines. Medium light pink flowers with white centers. Winter hardy/Winterhart.
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Blooms with rose-white inner petals with a touch of violet. Inner petals stay in a semi-funnel form with crinkled petal edges and tips. Outer petals are darker, rose-violet and recurving. Occasionally has a pinkish-orange overcast on back petals.
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Yungasocereus inquisivensis is known only from Yungas and Inquisivi provinces of La Paz Department, where it is found at elevations of around 2000m. It is a columnar cactus up to 4–5 mm tall. The flowers are white in groups of 5-8 near the stem tips.
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Notocactus acutus is a distinctive cactus which flower reliably every year with lovely shiny yellow blossoms.
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a.k.a the Rainbow Cactus it has pinkish-red short pectinate radial spines curved slightly towards the stem. The flowers are bright pink in colour with a white colored throat, seedlings very attractive.
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Rebutia poecilantha is a small cactus specie with bright crimson flowers collected at north of Camargo, in bolivia by F. Ritter (field number FR1139). It is a very nice plant and it will be worth for a place in every cactus collection.
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Echinocactus ingens is easily recognized by it's large size, being the largest of all barrel cacti. It is usually solitary and may grow up to 2,5 m tall and 1,5 m wide. In habitat it could live more than a hundred years.
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Coryphantha scolymoides has pale green stems, with tubercles ascending like tiles, spines numerous, radials ones flesh-coloured with a single central spine recurved, black, grey at the base. Flowers large, yellow with read throat.
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Ferocactus chrysacanthus is a somewhat slow-growing species with beautiful golden spines and small stature. It is a great collector's plant.
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Seedlings of different species and hybrids with variegated body. Each one different and unique.
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Mixed forms of different hybrid origin with variegated body. 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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"Fukuryu Rampowgyoku". FUKURYU is a Japanese word that would mean presence of additional ribs. It forms small knobby ribs that have not areoles and develops on the lateral side sandwiched between two contiguous true ribs.
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Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii is a massive globose cactus with bright carmine flowers. It divide dichotomously to form two stems as it matures, this process repeats several times giving rise to large mounds. The spines are glassy white and yellow.
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Round dark green body, whitish radial spines, darker hooked central spine, large yellow flower. In culture Coryphantha pallida is without problems and regularly shows its large pale yellow flowers.
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Lemaireocereus pruinosus is a tree-like columnar cactus to 4-5 m tall with trunk(s) from which branching stems arise from the base for a distinctive V-shape. The pruinose colour of young branches distinguishes it from the other arborescent species.
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Neobuxbaumia euphorbioides f. cristata is very strong and can grow up to 1 m in diameter and height (or more).
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Eriosyce gerocephala, best known as Neoporteria gerocephala is distinguished by thin, soft and flexible cream-white spines. Very nice!
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Cipocereus bradei is a columnar cactus with black spines that disappear as stems age. it is quite floriferous, both in habitat and cultivation. The flowers are blue outside and white within. The dark, globose fruits appear intense glaucous blue.
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It alternates seasonal growth phases with tubercles without spines (f. inermis) with others with long spines. Odd and original.
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Ferocactus peninsulae is a large ribbed barrel cactus with an erect stem becoming cylindric in age and attaining a height of 2,5 metres, which is unusual for the genus. Spines and flowers are very similar to those of Ferocactus wislizeni.
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Stem dark green-bluish, semi-globose, depressed, divided into tubercles, merging in a tuberous root 3-5 cm long. The flowers are light cream to slightly pinkish, with reddish throat. They bloom very early in winter (January-February in Europe)
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Opuntia Quitensis is a bushy species formed by small bright green segments. The orange to bright red flowers create a wonderful contrast to the green of the segments, giving this plant a truly exotic look overall.
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Creamy-white spines and flowers.
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