Ball Cactus

If I am not mistaken this is called a ball cactus. I got one at home but another kind of this. Amazing plants full of thorns. be careful with their thorns, they can be very painful.

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Mammillaria cactus

We got bunch of cacti in our house. The ones you see in the photos are only some of our cacti. Since we don't have a winter garden, we usually put our plants on all of the windows in our house. See more information of Mamillarias.

Mammillarias have extremely variable spination from species to species, and attractive flowers, making them specifically attractive for cactus hobbyists. Most mammillarias plants are considered easy to cultivate, though some species are among the hardest cacti to grow. Several taxa are threatened with extinction at least in the wild, due to habitat destruction and especially overcollecting for the pot plant trade. Cactus fanciers can assist conservation of these rare plants by choosing nursery-bred specimens (wild-collected ones are illegal to possess for the rarest species anyways). Besides helping to preserve rare plants, one can gain experience in growing and breeding cacti in general with nursery-bred rare mammillarias: several mammillarias are quite easy (for cacti) to grow from seeds. One such species, popular and widely available from nursery stock but Endangered in the wild, is Mammillaria zeilmanniana. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammillaria

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More Cacti photos

This time, I will tell you that these cacti are not found in our garden or inside the house. I took this photo as we went to one of the Garden Center that is around 40 kilometers drive from where we live. If we only have a big place in our house I might buy these all..wink!

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Succulent Plants On Our Window

We have some cacti on our window. I guess more than 20 cacti. This how we love plants even inside the house. I guess our house is like a little forest.

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Succulent plants, also known as succulents or fat plants, are water-retaining plants adapted to arid climate or soil conditions. Succulent plants store water in their leaves, stems and/or roots. The storage of water often gives succulent plants a more swollen or fleshy appearance than other plants, also known as succulence. In addition to succulence, succulent plants variously have other water-saving features. source wikipedia

Easter Cactus or Holiday Cactus in Our House

The one that you can see in our computer room is the Holiday cactus or Easter Cactus. We have plants all over the house..That's how we love it!

Schlumbergera x buckleyi

The common holiday cacti (Thanksgiving Cactus, Christmas Cactus, Easter Cactus) comprise several closely related species in the genus Schlumbergera and the species Hatiora gaertneri, often called Zygocactus in older works. They are originally forest cacti, growing as epiphytes at elevations between 1000 and 1700 meters (3300 to 5600 feet) above sea level in the Organ Mountains north of Rio de Janeiro in southeast Brazil, South America. They are called Flor de maio (May Flower) in Brazil.

Many modern holiday cactus cultivars are hybrids between Schlumbergera truncata and S. russelliana, first bred about 150 years ago in England.

Holiday cactus (Schlumbergera and Hatiora hybrids) include:

* Christmas Cactus, (S. bridgesii, S. x buckleyi, Epiphyllum x buckleyi)
* Thanksgiving Cactus, Yoke Cactus, Linkleaf Cactus, Crab Cactus, Claw Cactus, (S. truncata, formerly Zygocactus truncatus)
* Easter Cactus, (Rhipsalis gaertneri or Hatiora gaertneri - formerly Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri)