Cactaceae: flowers of the family
17 flowers on Phool that belong to the family Cactaceae.
CactusCactaceae
Succulent plants with spines, native to the Americas
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Prickly pearOpuntia
Cactus with flat pads and edible fruit, native to the Americas
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Indian fig opuntiaOpuntia ficus-indica
A large, spiny cactus grown for its sweet fruit and edible pads
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Epiphyllum
Night-blooming cactus with broad, flat stems and large flowers
Epiphyllum · Wildflower
SaguaroCarnegiea gigantea
The towering cactus of the Sonoran Desert with white flowers and red fruit
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Wildflower
Dutchman's pipe cactusEpiphyllum oxypetalum
A night-blooming cactus with large, fragrant white flowers
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Schlumbergera
A forest cactus with jointed stems and bright flowers, grown as a holiday houseplant
🇧🇷 Brazil · Wildflower
Bayahibe roseLeuenbergeria quisqueyana
A leafy pink-flowered cactus from the dry forests of the Dominican Republic
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic · Wildflower
Gymnocalycium
Low-growing South American cacti with bright, funnel-shaped flowers
🇦🇷 Argentina and 4 more · Wildflower
Rebutia
Small, globular cacti from Bolivia and Argentina with large, showy flowers
🇧🇴 Bolivia and 1 more · Wildflower
Selenicereus
Night-blooming climbing cacti with large, fragrant white flowers
🇲🇽 Mexico · Wildflower
Hedgehog cactusEchinocereus
Small ribbed cacti with bright flowers and edible fruit from the US and Mexico
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Wildflower
San Pedro CactusEchinopsis pachanoi
A tall, night-blooming cactus from the Andes with white, fragrant flowers
🇵🇪 Peru and 5 more · Wildflower
Echinopsis
South American cacti with large, showy flowers and spiny stems
🇦🇷 Argentina and 6 more · Wildflower
Kingcup cactusEchinocereus triglochidiatus
A mound-forming cactus with bright scarlet to orange-red flowers
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Wildflower
Disocactus ackermannii
A scarlet-flowered epiphytic cactus from southern Mexico's cloud forests
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Wildflower
Mammillaria
A diverse group of small, rounded cacti with funnel-shaped flowers
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Echinopsis: Mary Emily Eaton (1873-1961) Daniel Schweich for the filtred image., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Disocactus ackermannii: Andreas Maitisch, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mammillaria: Stickpen, Public domain, source
- Cactus: G. Mütrel, Leipzig ; Berlin ; Wien : F.A. Brockhaus, Public domain, source
- Prickly pear: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Epiphyllum: Rene1065, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Saguaro: Tyrv, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dutchman's pipe cactus: Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Schlumbergera: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bayahibe rose: Mario Guzmán, CC BY 4.0, source
- Gymnocalycium: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rebutia: Tangopaso, Public domain, source
- Selenicereus: Cleve Posey, CC BY 3.0, source
- Hedgehog cactus: Michael Wolf, CC BY 2.5, source
- San Pedro Cactus: Betsy Lambert, CC BY 4.0, source
- Kingcup cactus: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source