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Poinsettias aren't the only plant bringing vibrant blooms to your holiday decor. The Christmas cactus is another beloved houseplant that puts on a colorful show from November through January. This ...
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The stems are armed with clusters of up to about 10 red to pink [10] spines, which may be 3 cm (1.2 in) long [10] and are barbed and sharp enough to easily penetrate leather gardening gloves. [12] The stems and fruits also have many spines or "glochids" about 1 mm (0.04 in) long [ 10 ] that can detach and stick in the skin.
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.
The name Cactus became so confused that the 1905 Vienna botanical congress rejected Cactus as a genus name, [4] and conserved Mammillaria. [ 1 ] Mammillaria is a large and diverse genus with many species often exhibiting variations due to the nature of terrain, weather, soil and other ecological factors.
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