Succulents and Cacti
Hatiora salicornioides (Haw.) Britt. & Rose
Frost tender, epiphytic, bushy, erect or pendant cactus producing stems with club-shaped, bronzy-green segments, to 5cm long, arranged in whorls of up to 5, and funnel-shaped, golden yellow or orange flowers, to 1cm long, in spring. To 40cm by 40cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Heliocereus speciosus (Cav.) Britt. & Rose
Frost tender, semi-pendant to erect cactus with cylindrical, unevenly toothed, mid-green stems with prominent ribs and yellow to pale brown spines, and trumpet-shaped, purple tinged red flowers, to 17cm long, in summer. To 2m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Hylocereus lemairei (Hook.) Britt. & Rose
Frost tender, erect, rooting cactus with a branched, triangular, jointed stem, to 3cm in diameter, and yellow prickles, and white flowers tinged pink near the base. [RHSD, Don].
Hylocereus triangularis (L.) Britt. & Rose
Frost tender, climbing cactus with jointed, triangular stems and, in summer, fragrant white flowers. To 4m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.
Frost tender, bushy, erect, perennial succulent with ovate, toothed, red-tinged leaves, and pendant, tubular to bell-shaped, red-tinted, greenish-white flowers in cyme-like panicles in late summer. To 1m. [RHSE].
Lampranthus aurantiacus (DC.) Schwantes
Erect succulent plant with slender, erect stems, 3-angled, spotted leaves with a spiny tip and yellow-orange flowers. To 90cm. [RHSD, Hortus].
Lampranthus emarginatus N.E.Br.
Stems erect, branched, leaves slender, keeled, with translucent dots, the flowers magenta and numerous. To 45cm. [RHSD, Hortus].
Lampranthus glaucus (L.) N.E.Br.
A tender, erect perennial with 3-angled leaves, somewhat flattened, and large, sulphur-yellow flowers. To 60cm. [Hortus].
Lampranthus multiradiatus (Jacq.) N.E.Brown
Erect-stemmed succulent with spreading branches, slender, 3-angles leaves with translucent dots, and pale pink flowers. [RHSD, Hortus].
Malacocarpus ottonis (Lehm.) Britton & Rose
Frost tender, very variable, small, globose cactus, usually single at first then clustered, with up to 15 ribs bearing hair-like spines, and multi-petalled, diaphanous yellow to orange-red flowers above the groups of spines. To 15cm. [RHSD, Don].
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.
Frost tender, annual, carpet-forming succulent with thick, fleshy leaves with undulating margins and groups of 3-5, white, narrow-petalled flowers, to 3cm in diameter, in summer. To 10cm, spreading. [RHSD, Hortus].
Nopalxochia phyllanthoides (DC.) Britt. & Rose
Frost tender, semi-erect perennial cactus with strap-shaped, scalloped, deep green stems and pink to red flowers. To 45cm. [RHSE].
Opuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) Haw.
Frost tender, scarcely spiny cactus with cylindrical stem, ultimate branches, flattened and almost leaf-like, and yellow flowers. To 3.5m. [RHSD, Hortus].
