As is known, in nature there are more than 900 species of these prickly succulents. Most representatives of the subfamily cactus have a stem in the form of a cylinder or a ball, and yet they lack leaves, but there are characteristic thorny processes. In general, care of cacti has many common features, but some details (exacting to soil, watering and lighting) in different species may vary.
Find out which varieties of indoor cacti are the most common.
Types of cacti and their names
The most popular domestic cacti are the following:
- Astrophytum of Capricorn. It looks like a ball with ribbed sides. This is one of the varieties of cactus blooming in summer - their large flowers are like chamomiles or gerberas.
- Hametchuse Silvestri. It has numerous thin stems that grow well and quickly. Blossoms with bright red flowers.
- The Strauss cystocactus is a single "column", which can grow up to 1 m in height. This plant looks great in the interior thanks to the silvery shade of its fluffy spines.
- Mammillaria is a popular kind of indoor cacti, having a round or oval shape. Mammilia usually blossoms in the spring, and its small flowers encircle the cactus with a ring.
- But the rebound tiny is able to bloom every summer, throwing tubular flowers of a dense orange hue. The stems of the rebus are spherical and have a diameter of only 5 cm.
- Trichocereus whitening is a massive plant resembling a column extending upward. Beautifully blooms large flowers that are formed on the top of the cactus.
- Madagascar palm , or pahipodium - an unusual species of cacti with leaves. This majestic tree-succulent plant has a prickly fleshy trunk, on the top of which there are leaves. What is interesting is that for a period of rest they fall off.
- Opuntia small-hulled has a stem, divided into several segments. Its spines are like small hooks, and this gives this species of cactus a very interesting and original appearance.