#cactaceae

Haageocereus pseudomelanostele

Haageocereus is a genus of columnar cacti native to coastal Peru and northern Argentina; older plants may form colonies, with the stems creeping out horizontally in the sandy environment where they grow. The rainfall there is extremely low, so plants probably depend on fog off the ocean for survival. The flowers are visited by both bats and hummingbirds. The flowers of the plant pictured here are greenish white, but the species has red-flowered plants as well. Not commonly seen in cultivation.

Echinocereus berlandieri (?) 🌵🌺

Illustrations of cacti taken from 'Blühende Kakteen' - Iconographia Cactacearum by Karl Schumann, Max Gurke.

Published from 1901-1921.