Cactus and Succulents Alphabetical List - AD
Here you will find Botany.com's listing of Cactus and Succulents with names beginning with AD.
Cactus & Euphorbia Plants (A Euphorbia is Pictured Here)
Euphorbia Plants
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Cactus
Various plants belonging to the Cactus order of plants have proved hardy in England. Opuntia, Echinocereus, Mammillaria, and Echinopsis are among the hardiest.
Cactus
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any plant of the family Cactaceae, a large group of succulents found almost entirely in the New World.
Cactus Wrens like to breed in successional chaparral scrub (chaparral that has recently come back from a burn). The female will select a nesting site in low, thorny trees or shrubs.
Cactus are easy to care for and thrive well in the cool and dry conditions of your home during winter. Sure, your cactus plant can withstand long periods of dry weather and the soil need not be very wet. But, your plant will need water.
Cactus grandiflorus
Nombres relacionados: Cactaceae (familia), Cactus (castellano), Cereus grandiflorus (sinónimo), Pitahaya (castellano), Reina de la noche (castellano), Selenicereus grandiflorus (sinónimo).
Floración: Primavera y verano ...
Cactus Glossary
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Cactus Glossary
acicular - shaped like a needle. Cactus spines are often acicular.
cactus, cati, desert plants, epiphytes, spines, succulents, Watering
Succulent Care Through the Year
Nov 7th ...
Christmas cactus
It can grow on you in more ways than one.
Sure, the plants just get bigger and better every year.
Cactus Dahlia
Diverse and versatile, Dahlias are prized for their large, often spectacularly-colored and shaped blooms. Flowers fall into 11 categories, including Anemone, Pompom, Decorative, Cactus, Peony, Waterlily and Star-shaped.
Cactus
Prepared by Karen Russ, HGIC Horticulture Specialist, and Al Pertuit, Extension Floriculture Specialist, Clemson University. (New 04/99.)
HGIC 1502 ...
Ferocactus horridus
30 (100)cm, a fast growing species native of Mexico (northern Sinaloa to southern Sonora desert) with a round to elongated dark green body with a strong, recurving brownish-grey, large central spine.
Disocactus
Disocactus species, Pseudorhipsalis species
Cacti and Succulents ...
Sclerocactus glaucus
Cactaceae (Cactus Family)
Sclerocactus glaucus has a difficult life. Utah and Colorado plant experts Stanley Welsh and William Weber don't even believe in it.
Echinocactus grusonii is a well known species of cactus native to central Mexico from San Luis Potosi to Hidalgo.
AGAVE CACTUS (Leuchtenbergia principis) - A true Cactus, but showing features of the Agaves. Bearing striking, yellow flowers, it is a greenhouse plant requiring the same treatment as the Echinocactus.
barrelcactus Cactaceae Ferocactus wislizeni (Engelm.) Britton & Rose symbol: FEWI
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Notocactus is a genus of about 25 species of South-American cacti form low elevations of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Southern Brazil. They are grown for their spine formations, as well as for their attractive flowers.
Aporocactus conzattii
( Rat's Tail Cactus )
This species of cactus is found in southern Mexico and northern Central America. The stems from which they are cultivated can reach lengths of 6 feet. In summer water generously, in winter almost no water.
Tephrocactus articulata cv. papyracantha is a small cactus native to Western Argentina. The gray-green cactus has jointed stems approximately 2 inches (5 cm) long by 1.25 inches (3 cm) wide and will reach 12 inches (30 cm) in height.
Dad's cactus produces a good show of yellow-green flowers each May.
Last evening, I spent on the front porch making a glorious mess, surrounded by an assortment of various sized bits of screen wire, spaghetti strainers and seeds.
Pencil Cactus
Euphorbia tirucalli
An upright growing spineless succulent producing smooth deep green pencil-like stems. Can become rather large in time. A very carefree plant. Also see the new variety 'Fire Sticks'.
Christmas Cactus problems are usually as a result of incorrect watering. The Christmas cactus is a tropical type cactus and is not quite as drought tolerant as the name infers.
Christmas Cactus
Zygocactus Schlumbergera truncata is known in the Southern Hemisphere as the Christmas Cactus. It flowers in pinks and reds, requires bright but not strong sunlight, medium watering with good drainage.
There are more
Cactus Family pictures
at the Texas A&M Biometrics Experimental Database,
and at the Desert-Tropicals Website ...
Yellow Pincushion Cactus
Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt
Synonym: Coryphantha missouriensis, Mamillaria missouriensis
Family: Cactaceae, Cactus
Genus: Escobaria ...
Kristen wrote: I purchased a cactus about a year ago. I've noticed recently that it looks shriveled in some areas - not terribly, but a little. I believe it a prickly pear cactus (or at least it looks like one).
Common Name: Prickly Pear Cactus
Latin Name: Opuntia humifusa
Habitat: Sandy areas, open rocky sites
Blooms: Late spring, summer ...
APPLE CACTUS See Pitaya
APPLE
(Poem) A Pie in the Sky. By Charles E. Estep Sr. 1988 J, p 48
A Naturalist in Western China. By Ernest H. Wilson. 1976 YB, p 94
Adapting Apples to the Tropics. By Voon Boon Hoe. 1983 #4, pp 28-32 ...
Pencil cactus or milkbush, Euphorbia tirucalli
This African plant is actually not a cactus, but it gets its name from the long, skinny stems that resemble a succulent.
Cactus plants turning brown indicates that they have contracted a disease called stem rot. This disease is caused by the fungal pathogens phialocephala virens, lasiodiplodia theobromae and fusarium,…
Large Aphids on My Cactus ...
A cactus of columnar to tree-like form, grows slowly to 50 ft (15 m) tall, with a diameter of a much as 30 inches (75 cm).
A cactus shrub with a tendency to vine, it bears spines in pairs or trios. The berry is small, yellow with a juicy, subacid pulp. The flavor is pleasant and is used fresh or preserved. The leaves may be cooked as greens. Propagated by seed or cutting.
orchid cactus (Epiphyllum spp.)
doublefile viburnum (Viburnum plicatum)
sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa)
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) ...
Rainbow Cactus
Echinocereus pectinatus
A low, cylindrical cactus girdled from top to bottom by bands of colorful pines, pink, gray, pale yellow, brown, or white; flowers pink, rose, lavender, or yellow.
Family: Cactus family - cactaceae -
Habitat: Its area of maximum expansion is the border area among Texas and Mexico which corresponds to the influence of the Big river. Particularly present in the Mexican state of Coahuila.
Components: ...
It is a Cactus-type Dahlia, fully double, with the delicate coral-pink petals that the Princess of Wales was struck by.
aka Tuna Cactus
both the fruit and pads are edible
mass planting used as a barrier hedge
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New Mexico Cactus Research, PO Box 787, Belen NM 87002
Christa's Cactus, 529 W. Pima, Coolidge, AZ 85228
Mesa Garden, PO Box 72, Belen NM 87002
Site Map ...
A sumptuous cactus dahlia with garnet-red flowers which have a near-black centre. The fully double flowers have long and narrow pointed petals that recurve for more than half their length.
Interesting cactus known for growing horizontally instead of vertically. It's called the Creeping Devil because as it grows it "creeps" over other plants and blocks out their sunlight.
Plant Types:
Groundcover, Perennial, Succulent ...
Christmas Cactus. In the Cactaceae or cactus family. Common.
Chrysanthemum
Cichorium intybus. Chicory. Also known as wild succory and blue sailors. Native to Europe. Grows wild. Edible but bitter, a salad green.
Prickly pear cactus is a clump-forming and semi-prostrate plant. Flattened round-to-oval green pads 2-10 inches across have scattered needle-like spines and tufts of glochids (bristles).
"Firesticks" Pencil Cactus
I get withdrawal sadness when I can't garden. Winter is difficult since the garden makes so few demands.
Common name: Pencil Cactus.
Bushy succulent with fleshy, segmented, bright green stems and linear to linear-lance-shaped, short-lived leaves, 1/2" (1.5 cm) long. Tropical E. and S. Africa. Min. temperature - 50F (10C).
Euphorbia triangularis ...
Bunny ears cactus - see Opuntia microdasys
Burning bush - see Dictamnus
Bushman's poison - see Acokanthera
Caladium (Angel's wings) - poisonous
Calico bush - see Kalmia
Calla lily - see Zantedeschia ...
Plant Type: This is a cactus, it is a perennial and is a evergreen which can reach 64cm in height (25inches). It is usually a reclining plant which spreads along the ground reaching ony about 20cm (8"). It occasionally stands somwhat erect.
Candelabra Spurge is a crested cactus with intricately undulating fan-shaped branches forming a snaky ridge or crowded cluster.
There is a 7-foot individual in the Arizona Cactus Garden near the boojum tree; it may reach 30 feet. The narrow, slightly recurved leaves approach 3 feet in length.
PLANT DESCRIPTION: These spindly annuals or herbaceous, sometimes succulent or even cactus-like perennials with milky, acrid sap have simple, alternate or opposite, entire or toothed leaves.
---Description---Resembling a cactus in appearance, this leafless perennial plant has a stem about 4 feet in height, and many branches. The flowers are small, simple, and bright yellow, and the fruit a small capsule with one seed in each cell.
No matter what color (all but blue), blossom shape (button, single, double, dahlia, cactus), bloom size (1 to 8 inches) or height (10 inches to 3 feet) you choose -- zinnias grow easily from seed sown where you want plants to grow.
Description:
This cactus (a native of the Eastern United States, not the American West) is an aggressive grower and roots easily from any "pad" or "pad part" that happens to fall from the parent plant. It was formerly known as Opuntia compressa.
This family is related to the Cactus clan, though the flowers look superficially like they belong in the sunflower family. The Ice Plant Family has close to 2,000 species. Most of these are killed by winter frosts.
There are thousands of varieties of Euphorbia, ranging from cactus, succulents to perennial garden plants.
Synonyms: Selenicereus grandiflorus (Britt. & Rose), sweet-scented cactus, vanilla cactus, large-flowered cactus, queen of the night, reina de la noche
Order: Cactaceae ...
One of the new breed of cactus-style peonies, 'Sweet Marjorie' offers pink blooms that are cut and twisted.
Name: Paeonia 'Sweet Marjorie'
Bloom Time:Early to midseason ...
The plant branches to make a spreading cluster of rosettes; enlivened by branching flower heads carrying spiky petalled yellowish-orange blooms; like the flowers of a miniature cactus dahlia.
Some of the best, common house plants that are easy to grow in pots include the Christmas cactus, peace lily, violets, anthurium and lipstick plant.
Plants That Thrive in Full Sun on the South Side of the House ...
 See also: Green, Orchid, Cereus, Lavender, Hibiscus
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