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<<<< TEPHROCACTUS PAEDIOPHILUS >>>>
Spines to as much as 30cm long are papery but still
sharp enough to molest anything that gets near it!
Delicate alabaster white flowers are rarely produced.
Best indoors in brightest possible light or outdoors
in sunny sheltered spot. Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only
if protected from winter rain.

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<<<< HAAGEOCEREUS SP OTUSCO >>>>
Haageocerus are colourful-spined columnar
cacti branching from ground level.
1 to 4 m ht, depends on species.
Flowers white or red. OK outdoors in warm,
well drained sunny spot.
Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm,
well-drained position in mild areas.

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<<<< EUPHORBIA ENOPLA >>>>
Spiny, shrubby Euphorbia from South Africa
to 1 meter high. Odd greenish-yellow flowers
on the end of new spines at stem tips.
Grow in bright light. Probably not suitable
for outdoors. Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if
protected from winter rain.



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<<<< ASTROPHYTUM ORNATUM >>>>
Armed but ornate with its fine white-dotted
stem and yellow spines. From Mexico, it grows
slowly to around 2 m high (may take a few hundred
years!). Large scented yellow flowers in summer.
Indoors only, in bright light. Indoors OK,
Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.



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<<<< ASTROPHYTUM CAPRICORNE NIVEUM >>>>
Aristocratic slow growing Mexican cactus
which develops tangled, flexible straw-like
spines. Eventually forms short columns to 30cm.
Flowers yellow with a red centre.
Indoors onlyin brightest light.
which develops tangled, flexible straw-like
spines. Eventually forms short columns to 30cm.
Flowers yellow with a red centre.
Indoors onlyin brightest light.
























