Not frost tender. Plants are very cold-hardy, tolerating temperatures of -25°, they are also quite tolerant of winter wet. (In good drained soils). It can easily grows outdoors in central and southern Europe and will blooms freely.
This is a beautiful mat forming cactus that grows approximately 20-50 cm high and up to 2 m across (or more) with stout stems and very broad formidable spines.
Freely clustering succulent with miniature pads. It has no spines, but instead has numerous white hair-like glochids 2-3 mm long in dense clusters. O. microdasys may look soft and touchable, but don't!
Compact species forming low clumps of small elliptical or nearly spherical segments in dark green or blue-green, adorned with brown woolly areoles and fine yellow or reddish radial spines. Produces large yellow flowers in spring and summer.
Miqueliopuntia miquelii is the only species comprised in the genus Miqueliopuntia. It is an uncommon bushy, opuntioid cactus, with elongated cylindric bluish joints from Chile. It may form large thickets 1-1.5 m high.
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.
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.
