Cactus and Succulents - Every 2 Week

Tuberous caudex to 6″, stems to 12″. One of the few caudexes that can grow from leaf cuttings.

Small dark rosettes will form small clusters. Small rounded leaves. Bloom stalks appear above the rosettes, small white flowers. Very cold hardy, keep dry in winter. Grow best with moderate sun, can handle full sun or even light shade.

Soft upright stems 3-4″ tall; small variable flowers, cream-colored to light red with yellow centers. Some hairs on the outside edges of the flowers, but not on the surface of the petals. Has shallow roots.

Stapeliad with fragrant 1″ star-shaped yellow flowers. Thick upright stems.

Soft stems to 6″h., generally erect; large hairy burgundy blooms

Soft stems to 12″h., generally erect; carrion blooms, 6″ to 24″

Soft stems to 14″h; large carrion blooms, burgundy with hairs

Erect green quadrangular stems, burgundy carrion flowers, 3″ across, cup-shaped.

Erect greenish purple quadrangular stems, large spotted/striped burgundy carrion flowers. Most likely a garden hybrid. Tends to have shallow roots, so prefers extra pumice in the soil mix. Doesn’t like to be wet and cold in winter.

S. paniculata subs. scitula

Soft upright stems to 3″; small burgundy flowers.

Orbea variegata hybrid

Erect green quadrangular stems, variable burgundy carrion flowers.

Flat 4″ to 6″ rosettes, slowly clumping;