My collection .......
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Another picture of my babies.....
Tha Beaver Tail
This low, spreading cactus with short bristles grows 6 to 12 inches high and up to 6 feet wide. The gray-green, jointed stems are wide and flat resembling the tail of a beaver. Oval in shape, the stems are 1 to 6 inches wide and 2 to 13 inches long.
The stems grow in clumps with flowers from the top edge of the joints. Flowers are followed by a brownish-gray, oval fruit more than an inch long with many seeds.
A low, cylindrical cactus with one or many thick-clustered stems grows to 6 inches high. Many hooked spines, 1/2-inch long at the tips of nipples, are surrounded by numerous, straight, tan-to-pink ones. The Fishhook Cactus has extended, smooth, red fruit 1/2 to 1 inches long. Not to be confused with the Fishhook Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus wislizenii) of the Chihuahuan Desert.
Also called:
Pincushion Cactus
Corkseed Cactus
Nipple Cactus
Fishhook Mammillaria
Cabeza del Viejo
These are a few of my cacti collection. I have not taken a detailed picture of each kind, but i promise i will try to secure a more colorful picture of them. I started collecting last two years ago and i find so much pleasure in taking care of these beautiful and cute plants. The secret it to water them just once a week and put them where sunlight is abundant
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