The prickles of cactus are its leaves, which are degraded by plants to adapt to the hot and dry desert environment; Cactus is turquoise in color, beautiful and delicate in flowers, with high ornamental value and strong vitality and adaptability.

Introduction of cactus

Cactus is a variety of Cactus spinosa. Tufted succulent shrubs, height1.5-3m. The upper branches are broadly obovate, obovate elliptic or nearly round, green to blue-green, and hairless; Thorn yellow, with light brown stripes, hard; The barb stands upright. Leaves subulate, green, caducous.

Flowers radial; Receptacle obovate, base tapering, green; Calyx-like perianth yellow, with green ribs; Filaments pale yellow; Anthers yellow; Style pale yellow; Stigma yellow and white. Berry is obovoid, with concave top, smooth and hairless surface, purplish red, barbed bristles and subulate spines. Most of the seeds are oblate, with slightly irregular edges, hairless and yellowish brown. The flowering period is June 6- 10/October.

Native to the east coast of Mexico, the southern and southeastern coastal areas of the United States, the West Indies, Bermuda and northern South America; Escape in the canary islands, India and eastern Australia; China was introduced in the late Ming Dynasty, and it is commonly cultivated in the southern coastal areas, but it is wild in the coastal areas of Guangdong, southern Guangxi and Hainan.

Cactus likes sunshine, warmth, drought tolerance, fear of cold, waterlogging and acid soil, and is suitable for growing in neutral and slightly alkaline soil, with a pH value of 7.0-7.5. For this reason, cactus should be planted on a sunny windowsill in the family, and it is appropriate to choose a slightly alkaline Youbawo sandy soil with good ice turning.