Cactus Cactaceae

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cactus Cactaceae in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cactus (shortened from melocactus by Linnaeus). Cactaceae. A single small species, sometimes grown in under-glass collections and in open succulent gardens South. Stems globose or ovoid, with vertical ribs, crowned at maturity with a "cephalium"—a prolongation of the axis densely covered with small tubercles imbedded in wool and bearing in their axils small fls. and berries. The plant has the appearance of an Echinocactus, but the fls. and berries resemble those of Mamillaria. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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