Years ago, I had one of those spineless cacti that once a year splash colorful flowers out the ends of their flat, arching stems. Such plants are usually named for when they are supposed to bloom: ...

How well do you know the three different holiday cacti? Can you name them? Holiday Cacti are three different cacti succulents that have leafless, green jointed segmented stems (plylloclades), that are ...

Our region’s cacti are adapted to dry, hot conditions and thrive where many plants cannot. Cacti have lost their leaves and developed fleshy, photosynthetic stems containing water-storing pulp. Cactus ...