The family of cacti contains more than 3000 types which are divided, in turn, into three subfamilies, each of which has essential differences in the building and conditions of growth. Buying the next plant in the collection, for a start learn its name subsequently to provide it due care.
1. The zygocactus usechennyyv flower shops is sold sell two similar plants - ripsalidopsis and the zygocactus, is they from the damp woods of Brazil. Their differences consist in the structure of chlenik and time of blossoming. The first flower pleases the owners in the spring, by Easter thanks to what often is called in the people as easter cactus. The zygocactus, blossoms by Christmas, in the middle of winter. He is often called still "Decembrist" or Christmas cactus.
2. GimnokalitsiumEto one of the most widespread cacti including more than 200 types. It early enough begins to blossom, approximately for 3-4 year of the life. Differs in big variety of prickles and flowers. It is popular both among beginners, and among experienced selectors.
3. Lobiviyaetot the sort includes more than 100 types. It is the most suitable cactus for admirers of mountain types since does not grow to the large sizes, blossoms in the summer large bright red or golden-yellow colors. The plant represents small spherical slightly extended or, on the contrary, is short-tsillindrichesky stalks which can be single or strongly branched, forming "pillows". Edges on stalks are pronounced, often separated by the cross notches on segments forming small eminences. Flowers are formed sideways stalk, is more often in upper part of plant.
4. OpuntsiyaVklyuchaet in itself more than 200 species of cacti with flat chlenisty escapes, prickles and glokhidiya which have rough edges, breaking off they can be hooked for furniture, clothes and skin of the person, for this reason to treat them follows very accurately. From the middle of summer the prickly pear becomes covered by large orange colors, sometimes on it quite large fruits, the called "prickly pears" are tied. In the homeland of this plant, in America, from it cook various dishes. Some of their types are resistant to frosts.
5. MammillyariyaRod it from Mexico and Central America. No, probably, such collection of cacti where there would be no this blossoming plant. It represents quite picturesque plant with the green spherical or cylindrical stalk soft to the touch covered with dense layer of light brown prickles and gentle white web. These plants are loved for the compactness and simplicity in leaving, for frequent abundant blossoming by small flowers of white, pink, red and yellow colors from the earliest age. This cactus easily breeds thanks to huge number of the children who are often forming quite big pincushion curtains. Blossoms in the spring, in March-April, forming then interesting fruits.
6. ParodiyaNekrupnyy cacti similar the form on mamillaria. Unpretentious, easily blossom bright, effective colors and unusual bright yellow or red prickles. Plant most often single, seldom forming "children". Allocate more than 100 species of this cactus.