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Ferocactus
''Ferocactus'' is a genus of large barrel-shaped cacti, mostly with large spines and small flowers. There are about 30 species included in the genus. They are found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Description The young specimens are columnar but as they grow older ribs form and they take on a barrel form. Most of the species are solitary but some, such as '' Ferocactus robustus'' and '' F. glaucescens'', have clustering habits. The flowers are pink, yellow, red or purple depending on the species, and the petals sometimes have a stripe of a darker colour. Habitat They are desert dwellers and can cope with some frost and intense heat. The typical habitat is hot and very arid, and the plants have adapted to exploit water movement to concentrate their biomass in areas where water is likely to be present. Like '' Sclerocactus'', ''Ferocactus'' typically grow in areas where water flows irregularly or depressions where water can accumulate for short period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferocactus Glaucescens
''Ferocactus glaucescens'', the glaucous barrel cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native endemic to México. Description ''Ferocactus glaucescens'' is a solitary or branching cactus with spherical or cylindrical blue-green frosted shoots, growing up to in height and in diameter. The shoots have slightly depressed apices and 12 to 17 sharp-edged, non-tuberculated ribs with elongated areoles that are often connected. Its yellow spines, which are difficult to distinguish between central and peripheral, can reach up to in length, with one central spine and 6 to 7 radial spines. The bell-shaped, yellow flowers of Ferocactus glaucescens are up to long and in diameter. Its spherical, whitish or yellowish, red-tinged fruits are fleshy, reaching lengths of up to and covered in yellowish, ciliated scales. File:Ferocactus glaucescens.JPG, Adult Plant File:Ferrocactus glaucescens (26375032172).jpg, Flowers File:仙人掌-王冠龍 Ferocactus glaucesce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferocactus Echidne
''Ferocactus echidne'' is a barrel cactus in the genus ''Ferocactus''. It is found in nature in Mexico. This cactus is known commonly as Sonora barrel, Coville's barrel cactus, Emory's barrel cactus, and traveler's friend. This plant is often sold as a houseplant. Description ''Ferocactus echidne'' is a small to medium-sized cactus that grows alone or in clusters. Its flattened to cylindrical shoots are typically cloudy to gray-green, reaching heights of and diameters of . The plant has 13 to 21 sharp, ribbed ridges without tubercles. Its thin, amber-colored spines are needle-like and smooth, with a single central spine up to long, and seven to nine shorter, radiating marginal spines. At the top of its shoots, the cactus produces funnel-shaped flowers, yellow or red, long and in diameter. Its fruits are spherical to egg-shaped, light green or white with pinkish or red hues, fleshy, and growing up to long. File:Ferocactus echidne 03.jpg, Orange flower plant File:Ferocactus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferocactus Histrix (5761384470)
''Ferocactus histrix'', also known as Acitrón barrel cactus (''Biznaga barril de acitrón'') is a species of Ferocactus native to central Mexico. It is a large barrel cactus that can be commonly found throughout all the Central Mexican matorral. It produces an edible fruit appreciated for its sour taste. Description This cactus grows as an unbranched spherical globe, and can reach more than 1 meter (3.3 ft) in height after several years. Mature plants can have their stem divided in up to 25 to 40 ribs. The epidermis is blue-green in mature plants. As in other cacti species, when the apical meristem is damaged, the plant produces new shoots from the areoles close to the tip of the stem. Spines are light yellow and turn brown as they age. There are one to four protruding central spines that are straight or slightly curve, flattened or angular and up to long. The six to nine radial spines are slightly curved, round and up to long. It produces yellow medium-sized flowers fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferocactus Hamatacanthus
''Ferocactus hamatacanthus'', commonly named Turk's head, is a barrel cactus in the tribe Cacteae. Description ''Ferocactus hamatacanthus'' forms to be solitary, usually a globular to oblong shape, and grows up to . This plant contains 13 ribs normally, but can sometimes be around 17. These ribs of the cactus are strongly tubercled and are generally to high. Its aeroles are large and to apart. There are about 12 radial spines, to long, that are acicular and terete. However, there are fewer central spines, only 4, that tend to be angled and elongated at around . One of the central spines is hooked at its apex as well. This cactus' flowers are large, usually to , and display a yellow color with an inner scarlet color in some forms. This cactus also produces a fruit that is oblong, to long, fleshy, edible, and a dark brown to drab-color (not red). In addition to these features, its seeds are pitted. Features ''Ferocactus hamatacanthus'' develops elongated glands, usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferocactus Flavovirens
''Ferocactus flavovirens'' is a species of Ferocactus from Mexico. Description ''Ferocactus flavovirens'' forms clusters with plants growing up to 1 meter tall and more than 2 meters wide, with numerous spherical to cylindrical shoots. These shoots are light or gray-green, reaching heights of and diameters of up to , with 13 sharp ribs and widely spaced areoles. The needle-like spines are light brown to gray, with the higher spines occasionally lighter and bristle-like. It has four to six central spines up to long, with the lowest directed downwards, and 12 to 20 radial spines. The funnel-shaped, yellow to yellowish-red flowers emerge from younger areoles at the shoot tip, reaching lengths of up to and diameters of . Its ellipsoid fruits are up to long, red, and covered in long, brown, bristly-tipped scales. File:Ferocactus flavovirens in Tropengewächshäuser des Botanischen Gartens.jpg, Plant File:Ferocactus flavovirens 2c.JPG, buds File:Ferocactus flavovirens (5753722615) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferocactus Haematacanthus
''Ferocactus haematacanthus'' is a species of ''Ferocactus'' from Mexico. Description ''Ferocactus haematacanthus'' is a solitary cactus with initially bluish-green, later green stems, growing up to 30- tall and 25- in diameter. The stems have 13-17 ribs and bear reddish thorns. Adult plants have merged areoles. The red spines consist of four central spines measuring long and six to seven marginal spines measuring long. The cactus produces funnel-shaped, purple-pink to rose-purple flowers measuring 6- in length and diameter, followed by egg-shaped, deep purple fruits that are 2- long. Distribution This species is native to the Mexican states of Puebla and Veracruz, at elevations above 2200 meters. Taxonomy The cactus was first described as ''Echinocactus electracanthus'' var. ''haematacanthus'' in 1850 by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck. Its specific epithet "haematacanthus" comes from the Greek words for "blood" and "thorn," referring to its dark red thorns. In 1936, Curt Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
