Don't let your Christmas cactus go dormant without this essential reset. Follow these simple spring steps to ensure a lush, ...

Cacti have a long and quite successful history of growing out of the ground. Sinking roots into dirt just seems to work. Now and then, though, a free-spirited cactus takes a very different approach.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you've got a Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) that stubbornly refuses to bloom year after year, you're not alone. Many people ...

Don't let your Christmas cactus go dormant without this essential reset. Follow these simple spring steps to ensure a lush, ...

I love obscure books on cactus by really knowledgeable authors. One penned in 1994 by Park S. Nobel, Professor of Biology at UCLA calls me back time and again. What I learned the other day from ...

The Christmas cactus is a tropical beauty that brightens winter with vibrant blooms, but it needs the right care to flourish.

During rare desert rainfalls, cacti waste no time sopping up and storing a storm's precious precipitation. Inspired by this natural phenomenon, scientists report that they have developed a material ...

Cactus seedlings in the store look alike, so the one you select could be a baby 20-foot saguaro or an Echinopsis that stays less than a foot and blooms like crazy. Of course you can’t tell at such ...

During rare desert rainfalls, cacti waste no time sopping up and storing a storm's precious precipitation. Inspired by this natural phenomenon, scientists report in a study appearing ACS Macro Letters ...