Cactus and Succulents - Extra Chunky

Coleocephalocereus aureus

Thin golden spines, stems grow vertical to 4ft tall. Keep dry in winter. Roots can die back easily, take care when transplanting. Lateral cephalium with small yellow flowers when mature.

 

Conophytum christiansenianum

C. bilobum var. christiansenianum

Small upright and very low water succulent from Southern Africa. Paired red-edged green leaves. Stemless. Yellow flowers.

Conophytum friedrichiae

Small upright and very low water succulent from Southern Africa. Spotted windowed tops of paired leaves. Stemless. Pink and white variable flowers. Grows in quartz fields.

Copiapoa esmeraldana

Grows along the cliff edges of the Atacama desert in Northern Chile. Small, rotund, with prominent tubercules. Variable flowers, white to yellow, grow from the woolly cephalium. Slow growing, generally solitary, to 10″.

Copiapoa grandiflora

Can form large clusters of small globose stems. Prominent tubercles. Large yellow flowers.

Copiapoa humilis

Small round barrel will eventually grow to about 4″, sometimes clumps. New stems are dark purple, age to a greenish tan. Yellow flowers from the woolly area on top.

Copiapoa hypogaea

C. hypogaea var. barquitensis

Small round solitary barrel will eventually grow vertical to 5″ tall. Very slow growing. Yellow flowers in summer.

Crassula plegmatoides

C. arta

Small greyish columns of stacked rounded leaves with an almost felt-like soft appearance. Winter-growing, very low water.

Cylindropuntia bigelovi

Opuntia bigelovi

Mojave and Sonora Deserts. Classic golden-spined Jumping Cholla. Slow growing.

Cylindropuntia fulgida v. mammillata fa. monstrose

A branched monstrose cholla that will often form crests. The new growth is bronze and fades to grey-green as it ages. It uncommonly produces magenta flowers. Prone to rot if wet and cold. Prone to rot if wet and cold.

Dinteranthus vanzylii

Mesemb Family, very low water. Paired leaves, light pastel cream-colored with dark reddish spots. Yellow flowers. 1 to 2″.

Dioscorea hemicrypta

Winter growing. Slowly over decades develops a large corky irregular caudex, covered in woody scales. Produces long deciduous vines that drop when it goes dormant in the summer.

Dioscorea mexicana

D. macrostachya

Slowly over decades develops a large caudex, covered in woody scales. Produces long deciduous vines, pendant bloom spikes.

Echidnopsis cereiformis

Synonym:
Echidnopsis nubica (burgundy petal form)

Family: Apocynaceae (former Asclepiadaceae)

Small, lumpy stapeliad with tiny yellow to burgundy flowers. Forms a dense, clumping, mat overtime.

Habitat:
Small lithophyte that grows in the shade between rocks in Ethiopia, Sudan, and Eritrea

Cultivation:
Should be watered once every 1 to 2 weeks during the summer, keep dry in winter. Grow in an extremely well draining media (mostly pumice), a mix of decomposed granite (DG) and pumice works very well!

A note on nomenclature:
The clone we carry has a yellow center and burgundy petals. According to some texts this form should be referred to as Echidnopsis nubica, whereas others refer to it as a synonym of Echidnopsis cereiformis, which stereotypically has solid yellow flowers.

Echinocactus grusonii

Kroenleinia grusonii
Possible Echinocactus x Ferocactus hybrid

Solitary barrels to 4ft, occasional clumps, golden spines. Small yellow flowers.