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Ariocarpus fissuratus ssp. fissuratus
(Living Rock) - One of the really cool Chihuahuan Desert
cacti. These low growing plants blend in with the
surrounding rock. Short, dark green tubercles are rough
with many fissures. |
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Ariocarpus retusus (Living Rock) - This
species has a flattened body with
smooth gray tubercles that disappear into the
surrounding limestone in its native Chihuahuan Desert
habitat. (3" pot size - $7.50) |
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Astrophytum asterias (Sand Dollar Cactus)
- Small, rounded, dark green body with white flecks.
Yellow flowers with reddish orange throat. A Chihuahuan
Desert native (3" pot size - $7.50) |
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Astrophytum capricorne
var. niveum (Bird's Nest) - Rounded to shortly columnar
plant with sharply keeled ribs, dense white flecking and
few long, black spines when mature. (2" pot
size - $4.00) |
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Astrophytum capricorne
var. senile (Bird's Nest) - Rounded to shortly columnar
plant with sharply keeled ribs, dark green body with
scattered white flecking and long tangled spines
resembling a bird's nest. (3" pot size - $5.00) |
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Astrophytum myriostigma
(Bishop's Cap) - Shortly columnar body with rounded ribs
and dense white flecking, yellow flowers. (3" pot size -
$5.00) |
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Astrophytum ornatum
The giant of the Astro's!, In cultivation, a solitary
body of 20 inches is not uncommon while in habitat, the
rare individual can reach nearly 4 feet! Green body
sometimes heavily flecked with white. From Hidalgo and
Queretaro in central Mexico. (3" pot size - $5.00) |
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Echinocactus grusonii (Golden Barrel) - A
very popular plant with colorful golden yellow spines.
Rounded body flattens some with age. (2" pot size -
$2.00), (3" pot size - $5.00), (5" pot size - $7.00) |
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Echinocactus ingens - Beautiful blue gray body with
black spines when young, turning green with golden brown
spines with age. (2" pot size - $2.00) |
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Echinocereus pentalophus |
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Echinocereus pulchellus (syn. E.
aguirreanus) - Small, globular, dark green body with
short spines, large, funnel-shaped, purplish pink
flowers (2" pot size - $4.00) |
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Echinocereus reichenbachii (Reichenbach
Hedgehog) - Short, upright stems densely covered with
short golden, straw colored spines, Large pinkish purple
flowers in spring. (2" pot size - $4.00) |
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Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rigidissimus |
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Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rubispinus
- Short, upright body densely covered with short,
appressed, pinkish red spines, pinkish red flowers in
spring. (3" pot size - $7.00) |
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Echinocereus scheeri ssp. gentryi (Gentry Hedgehog) -
Cylindrical, finger like stems with short, nearly
invisible spines, tubular pinkish flowers with yellowish
orange throat. (2.75" pot size - $4.00) |
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Echinocereus triglochidiatus
(Claret Cup Hedgehog) - Thick upright to spreading stems
with rigid, dark brown to black spines, bright
orange-red flowers, cold hardy. (3" pot size - $5.00),
(6" pot size - $7.00) Flowering in cultivation |
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Echinocereus viereckii var. morricallii
(Spineless Hedgehog) - Bright green, nearly spineless
stems grow up then sprawl out. Large magenta pink
flowers. (3" pot size - $6.00) Sold Out |
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Echinocereus viridiflorus var. canus -
Young plants densely covered with long, soft, white
spines, older plants have stiff, pink and white spines.
Green flowers. (3" pot size - $5.00) |
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Echinocereus viridiflorus var.
viridiflorus - (Green Flower Echinocereus)-
Spherical to short columnar, dark green body with short,
white to reddish brown spines. Flower buds red,opening
green with a hint of yellow. (2.75" pot size - $3.00) |
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Escobaria laredoi - Upright, club shaped
stems densely covered with pure white spines. Purple
flowers in spring. ( ) |
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Ferocactus alamosanus var. alamosanus
(Alamos Barrel) - Upright, cylindrical body, numerous
ribs and long, red spines when new, quickly turning
yellow giving an unusual look.
(3" pot size - $6.00) Sold Out |
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Ferocactus emoryi (Sonoran Barrel) - Blue
green body can eventually get quite large, reaching 3'or
more tall. New spines bright red aging to white, hooked
central.(2" pot size - $3.00) |
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Ferocactus emoryi v. rectispinus (Long
Spine Barrel) - Blue green body with extra long central
spine (on mature plants up to 6"-10" long!). Spines red
when young aging to white. (2" pot size - $3.00) |
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Ferocactus glaucescens (Blue Barrel) -
Beautiful blue green body and striking yellow spines.
Globular body when old. (3" pot size - $5.00) |
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Ferocactus glaucescens (Blue Barrel) -
Beautiful blue green body and striking yellow spines.
Globular body when old. (6" pot
size - $7.50) |
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Ferocactus gracilis (Fire Barrel) -
Bright red spines! Very attractive, especially when
backlit by the setting sun. Bright green body colors up
purplish in the cold, can reach massive proportions. (3"
pot size - $5.00) |
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Ferocactus latispinus (Wide Spine Barrel)
- A low growing species with a nice, wide, red central
spine, the other spines red and white and purple flowers
in the fall or winter. (2" pot size - $2.50) |
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Ferocactus macrodiscus (Fat Body Barrel)
- Another low growing species with a dusky green body,
beautiful mixed red and white spines and pink flowers in
spring.
(3" pot size - $6.00)
Flowering in cultivation |
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Ferocactus pilosus
(Fire Barrel) -
Bright red spines! Very attractive, especially when
backlit by the setting sun. Bright green body colors up
purplish in the cold, can reach massive proportions. (3"
pot size - $5.00) |
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Leuchtenbergia principis - Unusual
looking plant with long, triangular tubercles ending in
long spines. Large, yellow flowers in summer. Closely
related to Ferocactus. (4" pot size - $5.00), (6" pot
size - $7.50) |
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Mammillaria hernandezii - Miniature
species, low stem with thick root, short white spines
look like a trilobite. Large purple flowers. From
Oaxaca. (2" pot size - $5.00) Sold OUt |
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Mammillaria lloydii - Flat, globular,
dark green body with 3-4 short radial spines and no
central spines. Dense wool in the center, sometimes
throughout the plant. Small pinkish white flowers. From
Zacatecas and SLP in central Mexico. (3" pot size - $6.00) |
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Mammillaria melanocentra ssp. rubrograndis - Solitary,
depressed to flat body with wool in the axils, pink and
white flowers. From Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas.
(3" pot size - $6.00) |
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Mammillaria parkinsonii - Popular species with long
central spines and numerous radials, body eventually
forks dichotomously into many heads.
(2.75 inch pot size - $4.00) (3" pot size - $6.00) |
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Mammillaria sempervivi - Initially a
solitary, flat globular body, eventually clustering,
wool in the axils, whitish flowers. From central Mexico
(Hidalgo, SLP, Nuevo Leon, Guanajuato, Queretaro)(2.75
inch pot size - $4.00) |
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Mammillaria senilis - Come late winter or early spring,
long red flowers erupt from these white balls of spines.
Round bodies eventually clustering and form mounds.
(3" pot size - $6.00)
Flowering in cultivation |
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Notocactus apricus 'militaris' - Low, rounded, green
body visible through the red and yellow spines. Large
yellow flowers.
(3" pot size - $6.00) |
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Notocactus leninghausii (Golden Ball Cactus) - Bright
green, columnar body with bright, golden yellow spines.
Can reach nearly 2 feet tall. From Brazil and Paraguay.
Can take light frost.
(3" pot size - $6.00) |
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Notocactus magnificus - Low, rounded, blue-green body
with whitish spines, neatly arranged on the ribs. From
Brazil. Can take some frost.
(3" pot size - $6.00) |
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Notocactus rudibueneckeri - Dark green
body mostly obscured by white, densely packed spines.
Gets about 8 inches tall. From Brazil. (3" pot size -
$6.00) |
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Notocactus scopa |
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Notocactus ubelmannianus - Dark green
body with appressed spines and large purple flowers in
spring. (3" pot size - $6.00) |
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Stenocactus
multicostatus (syn.
Echinofossulocactus multicostatus) - Usually solitary
with a flattened to rounded, bright green body, with 100
or more extremely narrow, wavy, sharp-edged ribs,
flowers white with a pinkish purple or purplish violet
midstripe. Found in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo
Leon.
(3" pot size - $6.00) |
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Thelocactus bicolor var. pottsii -
Globular to slightly flattened, dark green body. Spines
are banded with red and white or sometimes light yellow.
2" purple flowers. Thought to be from Chihuahua.
(3" pot size - $6.00)
Flowering in cultivation. |
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Thelocactus heterochromus - Single, blue-green body,
about 3" tall and twice as wide. Large, magenta flowers
to 3"-4" across. From Chihuahua, Durango, and Zacatecas.
(2" pot size - $3.00) (2.75 inch pot
size - $4.00) Photo in habitat.
2nd photo in habitat.
Flowering in cultivation. |
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Thelocactus hexaedrophorus - Single,
light gray green body colors up in habitat under stress,
up to 6" diameter. 2" wide, white flowers. From San Luis
Potosi and Nuevo Leon
(2" pot size - $3.00) (3"
pot size - $5.00)
Photo in habitat. |
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Thelocactus
hexaedrophorus var. lloydii - Single, green body
with spines flattened around the body. Large white
flowers. Considered the westernmost form, being found in
Zacatecas.
(3" pot size - $6.00)
Flowering in cultivation. |
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Thelocactus rinconensis - The largest
species, the globose, gray green body to 6"-8" across
with long tubercles and long, black, needle-like spines.
Pinkish flowers with darker pink midstripe nearly 2"
across. From limestone soil in Coahuila and Nuevo Leon.
(3" pot size - $6.00)
Plant in habitat.
Close up of flowers. |
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