Cactus Realm

notocactus schlosseri, notocactus apricus ,Parodia schlosseri, Parodia erubescens , Cactaceae family

Lophophora williamesii also known as “Peyote"

Cactus, Cleistocactus Strausii member of the Cactaceae family Please share video link with your friends. Cleistocactus strausii

Flowering Parodia Haselbergii  and Mammillaria elongata

Mammillaria polythele, Cactaceae, Mammillaria polythele 'Toluca'

Flowering Stapelia Grandiflora - 2023 The Stapelia Grandiflora flowers every year. It is visited by flies which lay eggs on the flower. Carrion Plant - the Carrion flowers, also known as corpse flowers or stinking flowers, are flowers that emit an odor that smells like rotting flesh. Family Apocynaceae. Stapelia Grandiflora, carrion plant, starfish flower, giant toad plant, starfish cactus

Propagating Trichocereus Pachanoi Propagating Echinopsis Pachanoi Echinopsis pachanoi - San Pedro cactus Trichocereus Pachanoi - San Pedro cactus is also known by many names throughout South America such as achuma, huachuma, wachuma, aguacolla, hahuacollay, or giganton. As my Echinopsis pachanoi - San Pedro cactus was getting too tall for my greenhouse I decided to decapitate it and propagate the cutting.

Gymnocalycium eurypleurum flowering 2022

LOBIVIA HAMATACANTHUS V DENISPINA LOBIVIA DENISPINA cactus from Southern Bolivia and Northern Argentina species from the high Andes. Echinopsis densispina Hymenorebutia densispina  Lobivia densispina  Lobivia densispina f. aurantiaca (Wessner) Buining Lobivia famatimensis var. densispina (Werderm.) Backeb. Lobivia haematantha subs. densispina (Werderm.) Rausch Lobivia haematantha var. densispina (Werderm.) Rausch Propagated plant and the original plant both flower at the same time. Check out the video.

Mammillaria zeilmanniana, Pincushion Cactus, New Dawn, succulent, Cactaceae Family: Cactaceae It flowers in spring and the blooms are followed by fleshy edible berries. Water them only when the soil has dried out entirely. Loves full sun

Parodia mammulosa Tom Thumb Cactus, Lemon Ball family Cactaceae,genus Parodia,synonyms Echinocactus mammulosus, Ritterocactus mammulosus, Malacocarpus mammulosus, Notocactus mammulosus

Flowering Delosperma echinatum - Pickle Plant - 2022 Pickle plant - Delosperma echinatum Also known as the pickle cactus or Ice plant. this is a succulent and not a cactus at all. It may look like a cactus. A native of the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It is pretty tolerant to chilly temperatures.

Flowering Mammillaria wagneriana 2022

This is a Howarthia plant which has flowered. I am not sure what kind of Howarthia this is, but the closest plant to this one is a Haworthia cooperi. If you think it could be some other version leave a comment. Howarthias are easy to grow succulents.

Rebutia Senilis Fire-Crown Cactus Rebutia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cactaceae, native to Bolivia and Argentina. Rebutias come in many colours and also have many different names, Red Crown Cactus, Fire Crown Cactus, Violet Crown Cactus.

Echeveria Echeveria are polycarps. It has many flowers arising from one stem.  Native to Central America, the plant prefers desert conditions. They are also called hen-and-chicks because of the way new shoots develop in a cluster around the parent plant. FXV300

Pilea peperomioides, Chinese money plant Also known as the Chinese money plant, UFO plant, pancake plant or missionary plant. Originates from  Yunnan and Sichuan provinces in southern China

Euphorbia Lactea - Coral Cactus Euphorbia lactea Cristata, candelabra plant, the crested candelabra plant, crested euphorbia, Coral Cactus,crested elkhorn. Coral Cactus, or also known as Euphorbia lactea Cristata, is a succulent made up of two plants. Fairly easy to grow. Does not like to have roots wet and will rot, so water sparingly. 

Flowering Stapelia Grandiflora - 2021 The plant is visited by flies which lay eggs on the flower. Carrion Plant - the Carrion flowers, also known as corpse flowers or stinking flowers, are flowers that emit an odor that smells like rotting flesh. Family Apocynaceae. Also known as carrion plant, starfish flower, giant toad plant, or starfish cactus

A quick visit to my greenhouse we can see all my cactus and succulents doing well  as well as many insects which help pollinate the plants. The Gymnocalycium eurypleurum is in bloom and has beautiful pink flowers. Also Rebutia senilis (Fire-Crown Cactus) has flowered again.The Rebutia already had flowers in June. The greenhouse is attracting a few greenfly as my Stapelia Grandiflora has a magnificent flower (the smell is not so good).Next to it is the Echinopsis ancistrophora ssp  cardenasiana which had a flower last week. You can also see the Echinopsis pachanoi - San Pedro cactus which I had cut off a small section which is now growing in a pot. Finally we have a quick look at the rest of the plants.