Cactus and Succulents - Every 3 Week

Tacinga inamoena

Charming Opuntia relative with small oblong pads that are spineless and edible. Variable flowers of red and orange in spring.

Tacinga saxatilis

Opuntia saxatilis

Medium prickly pear, sprawls to 3ft, long white soft spines. Bright yellow flowers. Native to Subtropical dry forests.

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.

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 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.