An outstanding oddity and conversation piece. This species of cactus formerly known as C. peruvianus has forest green tall, non-branching stems that proliferate with many offsets from the base. The effect is like a castle with many ‘spires’. The tan spines are small but do not readily come off. Keeps its proliferating habit throughout its life, getting fuller with each step up in container size. A great starter plant, low maintenance but very rewarding.

C.I.T.E.S. - No export, sorry.

Outstanding plants now considered a form of obesum. Thicker and squatter than most other forms, these beauties form an extra thick caudex with multiple fat branches. The flowers are pink with stripes in the throat.

This is a Ray Lemieux hybrid between a very clean double red crossed with a large flowered red from a previous grex. We've had some variation including some with double blooms and another with the largest flower we've ever produced (see last photo), but all have been consistently bright red with dark edges.

Interesting note from the hybridizer; When I went into the flower on CC45 there were no male parts, just the stigma pushing up out of the tube. I put pollen on it and voila! Seed horns emerged.

This is a tree form of somalense and it grows very tall, like a tree. The flowers are small and typically somalense-type. They are a beautiful red and white with red stripes in the throat. Our plants originate from Mark Dimmitt seeds collected in Northwestern Kenya.

*These are making a nice caudex and are ready to be moved up into a 6-inch pot. Produced from controlled pollination of Mark Dimmitt plants.

An attractive pot plant or hardy landscape plant, cylindrical spike with rose-red bracts and yellow flowers. A medium sized clustering plant with an upright rosette shape and short stolons. The green foliage has a dusting of trichomes giving a slight grayish appearance.

An interesting Brazilian form from the collection of Elton Leme, in a species with many forms. A 24 inch tubular plant, green with some mottling and characteristic deep ‘thumbprints’. The showy inflorescence is a yellow head with bright red bracts.