Cactus and Succulents - Every 3 Week

Euphorbia trigona

E. hermentiana

Lots of tight vertical branches, leafy; green with white patterning. Can grow to 8 to 12ft tall, but can be kept below 8ft indoor in a pot with very low watering, good sun, and not too much fertilizer.

Euphorbia trigona “Rubra”

E. hermentiana

Lots of tight vertical branches, leafy; green with white patterning with a hint of red will turn bright red in sun. Can grow to 8 to 12ft tall, but can be kept below 8ft indoor in a pot with very low watering, good sun, and not too much fertilizer.

 

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.

Ferocactus herrerae

F. wislizeni v. herrerae

Solitary cylindrical to 6ft. tall, 18″d. Yellow/red flowers

Ferocactus histrix

Widespread throughout Mexico. Large barrel to 24+ inches across, will eventually form a column to nearly 4ft tall. While once considered sacred, they are now harvested as a part of the candy industry.

Ferocactus macrodiscus

Barrel cactus that grows usually flattened, 12-16″ d., often partially submerged in the soil.

Ferocactus tiburonensis

F. wislizeni v. tiburonensis

Large barrel to 3ft. tall; red blooms, very thick hooked spines

Ferocactus wislizeni

Usually solitary to 30″ d.; striped orange/red blooms, narrow curved spines

Fouquieria macdougalii

Striated trunk to 15ft.; Open branching. Large sprays of red blooms on the tips of the branches in spring and fall, blooms when young. Grows well in rocky or sandy soils. Can leaf out any time there is rain, summer or winter.

Fouquieria purpusii

Large green trunk, with varied bark and corky spine scars, upright to 12ft.

Fouquieria splendens

Classic Ocotillo from the Mojave and Colorado deserts; spiny stems, red flowers in spring. Long growing branches will leaf out with summer rains, grow to 20ft+.

Gibbaeum dispar

Dwarf, mounding succulents in the Iceplant Family. Pink flowers fall through early winter.

Grusonia invicta

A branched and very spiny relative of the cholla. Large club-like stems, 4″ long spines. Grows wide, not tall. Protect from frost.

Gymnocalycium

A genus of nearly 100 species of flowering small barrel cactus, many sought by collectors. Their defining feature is the flowers have a distinctive naked calyx (flower buds).

Gymnocalycium amerhauseri

Solitary small round, flattened cactus with spider-like recurved spines and beautiful small white flowers, frequently with red or burgundy hints. Keep dry in winter.

Gymnocalycium “Rainbow”

G. mihanovichii “Rainbow”

Rare cultivar with lots of color variation, including reds and yellows, in the stems. Small flowering barrel to 4″d. Grows in dry savannah.