Cactus and Succulents - Full Sun

Euphorbia moratii

Geophytic plants, endangered in habitat. Dwarf caudiciform base. Flowers in spring before new leaves appear at the growing tip in summer. Triangular cyathia.

Euphorbia ornithopus

Gets it’s name from the shape of the flowers, which some may categorize as looking like a bird’s foot. Low growing, spineless, and it forms a caudex. Leafless stems in all directions, often laying down at the ground.

Euphorbia pachypodioides

Spiny Euphorbia, smaller spines densely grouped. Short stems slow growing to 20″. Blue-green leaves with purplish undersides. Inflorescence on erect stems with red cyathia. Slow growing. Endangered in habitat where it grows in rocky areas.

Euphorbia platyclada

Endemic to Madagscar’s endangered subtropical dry forests. Vertical leafless stems will lay flat as they grow.

Euphorbia polygona

6″ diameter stems can grow 1 to 2 ft. tall. Forms clumps from the base.

Euphorbia pseudocactus

Tall and cactus-like shrub with a wide spreading candelabra shape. Forms branches and will have tiny leaflets on the newer growth.

Euphorbia squarrosa

Green spiny branches atop an irregular caudex which is underground in habitat. Green inflorescence with yellow and red centers.

Euphorbia teke

Thickets of small arborescent green stems. Large green leaves at stem tips, drop quickly in full sun.

Euphorbia tirucalli

Pencil-like stems. Will grow to a fully branched 20ft. tall tree where hardy outside in the ground. Grows well indoor as a houseplant, 7 to 8 ft. tall. Red-tipped in full sun. The milky latext sap is poisonous and can cause skin irritation. One of the most poisonous houseplants. Keep away from children.

Euphorbia unispina

Forms a small cluster of tall stems, to 12ft., with an outcropping of green leaves at the top. Keep indoor in winter. Fast draining soil.

Faucaria bosscheana

Small green, soft-toothed mesemb w/smooth glossy surface. Variable, can be nearly toothless. Small clumps of mini aloe-like rosettes. Yellow flowers.

Faucaria felina

Green, soft-toothed mesemb w/smooth surface. Small clumps of mini aloe-like rosettes.

Faucaria tuberculosa

F. felina ssp. tuberculosa

A dark-green leafed mesemb, with teeth-like tubercules on surface

Fenestraria aurantiaca

2-3″ clusters. Transparent tips are the characteristic windowed leaves. In habitat the leaves hide below the surface and only the windowed tips are visible. Rot-prone: low water, or mist. Flowers range from off-white to yellow/gold.

While commonly known as F. aurantiaca, can be found as F. rhopalophylla subsp. aurantiaca with yellow flowers and subsp. rhopalophylla with white flowers.

Fenestraria rhopalophylla

2-3″ clusters. Transparent tips are the characteristic windowed leaves. In habitat the leaves hide below the surface and only the windowed tips are visible. Rot-prone: low water, or mist. Flowers are white.

While commonly known as F. aurantiaca, can be found as F. rhopalophylla subsp. rhopalophylla with white flowers and subsp. aurantiaca with yellow flowers.

Ferocactus

The barrel cacti of the North American deserts, globose to cylindrical forms.

Ferocactus glaucescens

Solitary or multistemmed globular barrels to 20″d. Bluish hue, flattened top, brownish-yellow recurved spines.