Cacti (cacti care) O . Robusta . Op . Robusta Wendl .

Description Cacti (cacti care) O . Robusta . Op . Robusta Wendl .

Motherland - Central Mexico . High shrub, reaching 5 m in height . Shoots large, thick, round, sometimes slightly elongated, up to 25 cm in diameter, covered with a light bluish-green patina; leaves reddish; on the stem 8 - 12 strong, round spines of different lengths (5 cm), the color white spines, inbase brown or yellowish; flowers 5 cm in diameter, yellow, blooming in the eleventh year of life cactus; fruits round to elliptical, dark red, up to 9 cm . The species has three varieties: v . longiglo-chidiafa, v . maxima and v . viridior . Genus Opuntia (Tournef . ) Mill . - Opuntia . One of the most common and numerous genera of the family . Has 248 species . Plants characterized by the absence of the main trunk and flat rounded stems . Pa young shoots, like many Opuntioideae, formed rudimentary leaves, which soon fall; in their place are formed spikes . Distributed in large areas of the Americas from Patagonia to Canada, the secondspread in almost all tropical and subtropical areas of the world . Opuntia Fruits are edible, and many species are cultivated as fruit plants . The collection of plant lovers of this kind have limited the spread of the large size and demands to light . Some species, such as O . ficus-indica, On th-busta, O . leucotridia, servegood rootstocks .

SPECIFICATIONS

Description
Main advantage	D . Ficus-indica, On th-busta Oh . leucotridia, are good rootstocks
For decoration	limited distribution due to the large size and demands to light
It is typical for him	lack of main trunk andflat rounded stems . Pa young shoots, like many Opuntioideae, formed rudimentary leaves, which soon fall off;
Grows	the vast territories of the American continent from Patagonia to Canada, the second spread in almost all tropical and subtropical areas of the world
Features	has three varieties: v . longiglo-chidiafa, v . maxima and v . viridior
Motherland	Central Mexico
Rod	Opuntia (Tournef . ) Mill .
Flowers
Color	yellow
Diameter	5 cm
Features	bloom in the eleventh year of life cactus
Fruits
The length of the fetus	9 cm
Form	round to elliptical
Color	dark red
Features	Opuntia fruits are edible, and many speciesbred as fruit plants
Leaves
Features	Reddish
Plant
Shoots	large, thick, round, sometimes slightly elongated, up to 25 cm, covered with a light bluish-green patina
Spikes
Form	round
Length	5 cm in different lengths
Per stem	8 - 12 strong spines
Features	white, brown at the base, or yellowish
Trunk
Height	5 m to
Branching	high shrub

In room culture

decorative (2)
grows well (1)
popular (8)
prospective (5)
special interest (5)
unpretentious (41)

In room culture

decorative (2)
grows well (1)
popular (8)
prospective (5)
special interest (5)
unpretentious (41)

Purpose

for decoration (43)
frost (8)
room culture (54)

Rod

acanthocalycium backbg . (3)
aporocactus lem (1)
astrophytum lem . (4)
austrocylindropuntia backbg (3)
aylostera speg . (3)
brasilicactus backbg . (2)
brasiliopuntia (k . sch . ) berg . (4)
cephalocerciis pfeiff . (1)
cereus mill . (2)
cleistocactus lem . (3)
cliamaecereus br . et r . (1)
copiapoa br . et r . (1)
coryphantha (eng . ) lem . (5)
dolichothele (k . sch . ) br . et r (4)
echinocactus lk . et o . (1)
echinocereus eng . (8)
echinofossulocactus lawr . (3)
echinopsis zucc . (3)
epiphiliopsis berg . (1)
epiphillum haw . (1)
eriocactiis backbg . (1)
eriocereus (berg . ) ricc . (3)
espostoa br . et r . (2)
ferocactus br . et r . (1)
frailea br . ef r . (3)
gymnocaclus backbg . (2)
gymnocalycium pfeiff . (8)
hamatocactus br . et r (2)
hatiora br . et r . (1)
helianthocereus backbg . (2)
heliocereus (berg . ) br . et r . (2)
horridocactus backbg . (1)
hylocereus br . et r . (1)
lepismium (1)
lobivia br . et r . (7)
loxanthocereus backbg . (1)
mammillaria haw (27)
matucana br . et r . (1)
mila br . et r . (1)
myrtillocactus cons . (1)
neochilenia backbg . (2)
neoporteria br . et r . (2)
notocactus (k . sch . ) berg . (6)
opuntia (tournef . ) mill . (9)
oreocereus (berg . ) ricc . (3)
parodla speg . (6)
peireskia (plum . ) (1)
peireskiopsis br . et r (1)
pseudolobivia backbg . (3)
rebutia k . sch . (4)
rhipsalis gartn . (5)
selenicereus (berg . ) br . et r (2)
tephrocactus lem . (3)
trichocereus (berg . ) ricc . (3)
weingartia word . (1)
zygocactus k . sch . (1)

1	A . Capricornes . A . Capricorne (Dietr . ) Br . Et R .
2	A . Subulyata A . Subulala (Miihlpfrdt . ) Backbg .
3	O . Leukotriha . Op . Leucotricha (DC . )
4	Peyreskiopsis (Peireskiopsis Br . Et R)
5	A . Cylinder A . Cylindrica (Lamarck . ) Backbg .