Yavia cryptocarpa
Family: Cactaceae Habitat: This species grows only in a very small area on the border between Argentina and Bolivia, in the province of Jujui, at heights of 3700 meters above sea [...]
Vatricania
Family: Cactaceae Habitat: Perù, Ecuador. Cultivation: Exposure in full sun, well-draining substrate, watering regularly in Summer and rarely in Winter.
Browningia hertlingiana
Browningia hertlingiana is an enormous columnar cactus, which due to its characteristical turqouise appearance is also called “Blue Cereus".
Browningia
Browningia is one of the many cacti described and classified by the Britton & Rose botanists around 1920. They called Browningia in honor of W. E. Browning, director of the Inglés Institute in [...]
Espostoa
Extremely long-lasting Cactus (blooms arrive only after 30 years of age), it has its name for Peruvian botanist Nicholas Esposto.
Monvillea
This genus contains a single species, M. spegazzinii, highly sought especially in monstrous and crested forms. According to some classifications, it should be part of the Cereus genus.
Oroya
The Oroya genus includes small or medium sized cactus from globular stem, which can reach a maximum height of about 20 cm and a diameter of 30.
Neoporteria
Its name comes from Carlos E. Porter, a Chilean entomologist. It is not considered an autonomous genus: it was first considered to be part of the Echinocactus, and is now included in the [...]
