Lophocereus schottii f. monstrosus (Pachycereus schottii f. monstrosus) Photo by: Valentino VallicelliOccasionally cacti show abnormal growth forms – called “monstrous” forms, uncharacteristic of the species. An interesting example of this is Lophocereus schottii forma mostruosa (Totem Pole Cactus) a very interesting, easy, slow growing and quite uncommon plant in collections Origin and Habitat: It is native to the desert regions of mainland…

Haworthia blackbeardiana ‘specksii’ I.Breuerspecksii: in honour of Mariata and Ernst Specks.H. blackbeardiana ‘specksii’ is one of the element of blackbeardiana group. Size of the rosette is 5-10 cm in diameter. Leaves are often glabrous or with short teeths on margins. Plant is slowly proliferous. This element covers intermediate forms of blackbeardiana and cooperi from Whittlesea area. Plants are generally smlaller and more compact…

Melocactus is a genus of especially aesthetically interesting cacti, distinguishable by their odd cephalium that protrudes from the top. The cephalium, which is a bristly collection of aureoles, is designed to produce flowers and fruit and can grow up to 3 feet tall in some cases. Cephaliums are red or white and form small pink…

This handsome cactus has tall, columnar trunks and reaches heights of twenty feet, or more. It produces clusters of stout, cylindrical stems that resemble a pipe organ. The plant develops many arms during its lifetime and grows quicker with supplemental irrigation. It is deep green with ribs that have minor spines. Its central spine is…

Astrophytum capricorne, the goat’s horn cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, that is native to the Coahuila regions of Northern Mexico.[2] Growing to 25 centimetres (9.8 in) tall by 10 centimetres (3.9 in) wide in a ball or oval shape, it is grey-green in colour with 7 to 9 prominent ribs, very long twisted spines and yellow flowers with a…