Charming Opuntia relative with small oblong pads that are spineless and edible. Variable flowers of red and orange in spring.
Cactus and Succulents - Every 3 Week
Tacinga saxatilis
Opuntia saxatilis
Medium prickly pear, sprawls to 3ft, long white soft spines. Bright yellow flowers. Native to Subtropical dry forests.
Tephrocactus articulatus v. inermis
Mostly low-spine with some long papery spines, branches to 12″ that easily break-off for propagation.
Tephrocactus articulatus v. papyracanthus
Papery-spines w/glochids. Globular stems, readily propagate by popping off at the joint and rolling away, root easily.
Tephrocactus geometricus
Tephrocactus alexanderi ssp. geometricus
Stunning globular stems stacked up, will break off and roll with few recumbent spines. Ivory white flowers. Very arid, can handle extreme desert and blazing hot direct sun. Keep dry in winter.
Tephrocactus geometricus f. inermis
Stunning globular stems stacked up, will break off and roll with few recumbent spines. Ivory white flowers. very arid, can handle extreme desert.
Tephrocactus weberi
Shrubby, with many stems/branches. Very spiny, some flexible. Orange flowers.
Thelocactus bicolor
Usually solitary, stems can get 15″ high x 6″ around. Magenta flowers fade to white towards the center, and then get very dark below.
Thelocactus macdowellii
Generally solitary, occasionally forms clusters of 4-5″ stems, densely covered in white spines, 2 central tan-colored spines on conical tubercles. Magenta flowers.
Thelocactus setispinus
Small hedgehog cactus, generally solitary. 5″h x 3″ w.
Trichodiadema densum
Tuberous roots with short stems; green leaves to 1″l. with white bristles
Tunilla erectoclada
Opuntia picardoi
Mini prickly pear, pads 1-2″ groundcover
Tunilla soehrensii
Low growing, stems flattened crescents, long spines. Seeds used for red dye. Flowers are orange to rose-red, bloom in spring. Stems often lay flat and the growth habit can include creeping along the ground and rooting from the pads.
Turbinicarpus gielsdorfianus
Small round cactus with long curving black spines and yellow flowers. Usually solitary, vertical growth is almost conical. Woolly areoles.
Weberbauerocereus johnsonii
Golden spined column, slow growing, eventualy treelike to 20ft., usually branching above 6ft. White tubular flowers.
Weberbauerocereus longicomus
Tree-like to 20ft., branches low. Pink flowers. Develops woolly lateral cephalium.
Weberbauerocereus rauhii
Frosty white and gold spined column, slow growing, attractive cactus grows into a shrub or small tree with a candelabra-like crown, eventualy up to 20ft. Cream to Pink flowers bloom at night.
Weberbauerocereus winterianus
Treelike to 20ft., branching above 6ft. White tubular flowers.
