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Small cactus with a glossy dark green, spherical body that is broader than high, depressed and unarmed at apex, up to 15 cm in diameter. Flowers about 4-6 cm broad, near the plant apex scarlet to deep red.
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Lobivia lateritia var citriflora is a pretty species, with a low thick flat to cylindrical stem. Lght yellow flowers, some almost white.
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Small plants with a very flattened body, the flower are large pinkish-white and the fruits are blue and very decorative.
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Exceptionally beautiful amber spines. Grey/blue body. Few available!
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Beautiful multicolored hybrids between Soherensia and Echinopsis and Trichocereus.
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F. acanthodes grows slowly, forming in age a mound of thorns and then a narrow column up to 2m tall, with attractive curved spines that partly obscure the green stem. The spine colour is red but also yellow or pale grey.
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The "dadakii" form is globular, depressed on top, with about 12 ribs. It branches profusely from the base forming soon dense clumps. The spines are all radial, usually 8, brownish passing to white, curved backwards and twisted.
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Frailea grahliana is a common tiny and heavily clumping species that in cultivation can easily fill a 15 cm pot. It grows quickly. and tiny has dull green to purplish stems and short yellowish or brownish spines.
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Sometimes referred to as F. pottsii var. alamosanus, this rare and distinctive barrel cactus has relatively delicate spines for a Ferocactus, and is very hard to find a good size plant like this in cultivation.
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F. chrysacanthus "rubrispinus" is a cultivated form with stunning red spines. It is one of the best and colourfull Ferocacti though quite slow growing. This plant is densely spined and because of that, will tolerate full sun. Beautiful!!!
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The 'victoriensis' variety is lesser common than the standard "echidnae", it has stems that are more cylindrical and central spines longer than 4,5 cm.
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Ferocactus macrodiscus a.k.a. "Candy cactus" is a medium sized barrel cactus with a depressed stem and blue-green epidermis. Growth from seed is quite rapid and plants will flower when only a few cm across. Flowers are white with purple striped petals.
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Beautiful species. The F. "alamosesis" has few wide ribs which are a dull blue-grey in colour. The areoles are round bigand woolly with few but strong creamy-white to pale-brown spines.
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Ferocactus santamariae is a massively spined barrel cactus with stout, fierce red spines. The flower yellow or straw-yellow with a pale-red center line on the petals, and pleasant-smelling. It is a close relative of Ferocactus peninsulae.
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Ferocactus schwarzii is a solitary barrel cactus with bright gold coloured spines. At a first glance the young specimens looks more like a Echinocactus grusonii than a Ferocactus. As they age the number of spines decreases to 0-2.
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Red decorative spines, curved central spines. Colorfull.
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This is an almost spineless plant. If you like deep purple-bodied plants, you simply must get it (if you haven't already).
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Fascinating species with flat grey-violet body. The spines are usually very reduced but it is quite variable.
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Long spined form.
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Peculiar species distinguished for its small sized yellowish blooms, very short flattened foliaceous central spines and few radial spines.
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The smooth green epidermis show up the felty areoles.
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It forms large low clusters of green and pink stems, some only a 5 mm across. The spines are few and usually limited to the basal portion of the stem. The flowers are a lovely lilac pink and white. It blossoms freely in cultivation.
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Strange asymmetrically tuberculate stems that grow in tall columns or twist and wind around each other like snakes. Produces lots of red tubular flowers throughout the summer.
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On beautiful summer days one can admire the splendour of its beautiful yellow flower, larger than the plant itself. The diminutive stem is a splendid shining dark-purple, with ginger spines.
Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)
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Compact, rather low body, fast growing, many purple-pink flowers. Forms large emispheric mounds in time.
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Pygmaeocereus familiaris is one of the smallest cactus, that in nature forms cushions with many green stems usually less than to 2 centimeters in length. The funnel-shaped, white flowers are up to 8 cm long and strongly perfumed.
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Mammillaria marcosi is a beautiful plant with white radial spines and dark reddish-brown centrals. It will slowly forms irregular clumps with dense spination. It may grow up to 25 cm in diameter, with up to 30 heads.
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Very heavy and constant bloomer with outstanding colour, easy grower.
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F. reppenhagenii as old plants are of a small diameter, nearly cereoid growing with usually less than 13 ribs .
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The Mexican fire barrel cactus is one of the most most spectacular species in this genus. Blessed with fantastic coral red spines. Notable white hairs on the areoles with age.
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Plants raised from seed. Variable.
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A. myriostigma quadricostatum was first described in 1841 by M. Mittler who wrote "The body of the plant is of elongated round form and has four ribs". This form deviates from the well-known typical form for having four ribs instead of five.
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Outstanding and incomparable. The flowers have a shocking yellow-green throat surrounded by a contrasting fuchsia corolla.
The inner yellow is like the phosphorescent colour of some pen marker or even more luminescent.
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M. bocasana var multilanata has round soft stems with an extreme abundance of white woolly hairs and short hooked central spines. The flowers are numerous, large and pink.
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Really a beautiful plant.
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Flowers are very showy, light purplish-pink with a pinkish brown midstripe and paler margins, about 20-30 mm in diameter. The fruit are club shaped, pale scarlet 25-30 mm long.
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It is a hardy cactus with long, dark spines which branches profusely, ultimately forming low mats or hemispheric mounds to 100 cm diameter.
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This is a compact plant from Bolivia Flowers are usually yellow and remain open for five or six days. This species blooms several times in one season and is among the most vigorous and earliest bloomers.
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The forma "viridis" is very similar to the standard species only differs for the stem colour which is a bright grass green and not a dark tannish-brown. Very nice!
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It is a beautiful small geophytic cactus with a dark purple body and very short pectinated spines. The flowers are born on young areoles, and are very attractive, shining orangish with darker midline.
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The flowers are huge, 7 to 10 cm wide, shocking pink with white-eye. The spines are pectinated and form whitish-yellow and pink-red bands, hence the common name: Rainbow Cactus. The color of the spines is quite variable.
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Coryphantha palmeri is a globose cactus with usually one stout hooked central spine. It is one of those Coryphanthas which pass a purely radial-spined long youth stage. After several years they develop the central spines. It is extremely variable.
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Sulcorebutia arenacea, is a choice solitary, user-friendly cactus, with perfectly neat, symmetrical spination and profuse yellowish-orange (or rarely magenta) flowers. The spines are pectinate and held so tightly that give a sandy effect.
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Greyish-green body, rather short greyish spines, many yellow flowers.
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F. viridescens subs. littoralis is a solitary barrel cactus wider than tall. The spines are dense, pink or yellowish, becoming duller by age or turning yellow or horn-colored. The flowers are greenish yellow or golden-yellow with brownish midstripes.
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Almost white body, nice large yellow flower.
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E. nana (= E. melanostele subsp. nana) is a columnar cactus densely covered with white hair distinguished from the standard E. melanostele for its smaller stems and the wool on the cephallum is white to pale yellow (mostly yellow-brown in E. melanostele).
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Eriosyce subgibbosa is a very variable species. Two-tone flower with magenta-purple petal tips and greenish-white throat, which give the sensation of being fluorescent. Spines from creamy yellow to dark gray-brown, different from plant to plant.