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Star Cactus-this is easy to grow. This is a green spineless cactus and has white flakes on the outside of the ribs. Golden Barrel Cactus-sits upright and has a green body that is covered with gold-yellow spines. The flowers are also gold. This cactus would be good for beginners.
Cereus are shrubby or treelike, often attaining great heights (C. hexagonus, C. lamprospermus, C. trigonodendron up to 15 metres or 49 feet). Most stems are angled or distinctly ribbed, ribs 3–14 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long, usually well developed and have large areoles, usually bearing spines.
C. forbesii is a columnar, branching, colony-forming cactus which can grow up to 3 m (9 ft 10 in) in height, with a mature circumference of around 15 cm (5.9 in); however, due to weather, natural breakage, self-propagation and other growth-limiting factors, it is more frequently observed at a height of about 2 m (6 ft 7 in). Larger specimens ...
Keep plants cool (around 50 degrees) following their blooming period. Water them to keep the soil just barely moist, and be sure to withhold fertilizer. When new growth begins, use the following ...
After your Christmas cactus finishes flowering, keep it in a bright room and water the plant when the top inch of soil feels dry. Expect the plant to grow very slowly after flowering as it rests.
Dec. 16—Q: I just bought two Christmas cactus plants that are blooming nicely. They are both in 4-inch plastic pots. I would like to combine them and pot them into a ceramic pot. Would it be ...
Night-blooming cereus is the common name referring to many flowering ceroid cacti that bloom at night. The flowers are short lived, and some of these species, such as Selenicereus grandiflorus , bloom only once a year, for a single night, [ 1 ] though most put out multiple flowers over several weeks, each of which opens for only a single night.
The genus Cereus was first genus for such cacti and one of the oldest cactus genera. Its circumscription varies depending on the authority. According to Cactiguide, the word cereus was commonly and freely used to describe any tree-like cacti, although this general use of the word is regarded as misleading, and the word ceroid or ceriform is ...