Echinocereus triglochidiatus HK1296
Most cacti, regardless of whether they are smaller or larger, create offshoots.
They emerge from the areola, growth potential point, from which spines and buds usually come out. (Exceptions are Mammillarias, which create buds among 'mamilas')
There are always special cases, exceptions. That word, exceptions, was at least favorite to me at elementary school when I learned Latin. That language could be called 'exceptions'. 😊 But when it comes to cacti, every exception, every special case seems like a little miracle to me.
Echinocereus triglochidiatus HK1296
There are several cacti that make the offshoots in a kind of special way.
Rather than creating stems from the areole, as a small ball that is slowly getting bigger, in some cacti it looks like giving birth. The epidermis of the mother plant breaks, and the new head comes out of it. The new body, the future new branch is born.
Echinocereus triglochidiatus HK1296
Fantastic, isn’t it?
😊
Trichocereus bridgesii
Trichocereus bridgesii
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Some of my other cacti & other succulents stories:
How do I get so many seeds?! / Astrophytum myriostigma
Genus Rebutia
African Stars / First stapeliads flowers this spring
Faucaria/ The Throat of an Animal
Pelecyphora aseliformis
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