CACTUS

Cactus plant is a favorite for busy people. How could I not? Cactus do not need to be watered frequently, do not plant it bother, and very easy to grow even during a very dry dry though. Cactus is seen as an ornamental plant because there are variations of this plant is quite a lot loh! Starting from the variety of shapes, colors, flowers, even prickly also have its own aesthetic values.


Cactus is a native American plant. Cactus that there are manifold. There are shaped like small stones that size is not more than 5 cm, for example Lithop, Titanopsis, Lapidaria, Penestraria, and Gibbaeum. There is also a giant cactus cactus-we often see in cowboy movies, such as cereus peruvianus.

Succulent plants include cactus is the plant group that contains a lot of water on his body, like aloe vera and cocor duck. During the rainy season, will swell because of cactus stems filled with water, while during the dry stalks slowly shrinking. Cactus flowers are very striking and quite different than flowers of other plants.

Stud cactus flower you can see in Epiphyllum or also known as orchid cactus. Epiphyllum flowers are very fragrant and can reach 20 cm in diameter. The structure is typical of prickly cactus. Cactus spines can be very short and small as to be difficult is observed as in Schlumbergera, or very large and sharp as in Echinocactus. Lymph nodes and watery cactus.

People very often make use of ancient Indian cactus juice as a traditional medicine. Cactus planting as an ornamental plant started by the Aztecs hundreds of years ago. Lama is also yes. In Indonesia, even cactus not lose competitiveness with other flowering plants and has had a loyal fan.