Our Track Record
A selection of the 236 rare cacti we have grown and sent to collectors.
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Type: Seed grown · Size: 6.35 cm (2 1/2 in) · This is Specimen A Ariocarpus fissuratus Godzilla is a selected cultivar of the Chihuahuan Desert living rock cactus, chosen for a far more chaotic, deeply convoluted fissuring than the wild plant carries. The specimen pictured is the exact 6 cm plant you will receive,…
Type: Seed grown · Size: roughly 6 cm · This is Specimen B Ariocarpus fissuratus Godzilla is the heavily fissured cultivar of the living rock cactus, and this listing is a second, distinct seed grown plant from the same batch. The specimen pictured is the exact plant you will receive, cultivated in our own greenhouse…
Type: Seed grown · Size: 2.3 in (5.8 cm) across · One-of-a-kind specimen Ariocarpus fissuratus lloydii is the southern living rock of the Chihuahuan Desert, and this listing is for the exact 2.3 in plant in the photographs. At rarecactus.com we grow our Ariocarpus from seed on the hard, lean mineral regime the genus demands,…
Type: Seed grown · Size: about 5 cm Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus is the smallest and flattest of the living rock cacti, and the variety macdowellii is its compact, fine-tubercled form. The specimen pictured is the exact seed grown plant you will receive, cultivated in our own greenhouse. About Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus var. macdowellii Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus presses itself…
Type: Seed grown · Size: about 2.5 cm (0.98 in) across, three-headed cluster · Field data: KK 2059, Torotoro Pass, Rio Grande Blossfeldia liliputana KK 2059 is for sale here as a single, one-of-a-kind specimen: a seed grown cluster of the world’s smallest cactus, three heads fused at the base and each carrying the spotted,…
Curator reference for Mammillaria crucigera, the cross-spined living net of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán limestone on the Puebla and Oaxaca border, Mexico. Taxonomy, habitat, morphology, identification, IUCN Endangered status, and cultivation notes for serious collectors.
Type: Seed grown · Size: 4.2 in (10.7 cm) across · One-of-a-kind specimen Mammillaria humboldtii is the snow-white cliff cactus of central Mexico, and this listing is for the exact 4.2 in clustered plant in the photographs. At rarecactus.com we grow this species from seed on the lean, sharply drained mineral regime it demands, and…
Type: Greenhouse cultivated · Size: about 4 cm (1.6 in) across · One-of-a-kind specimen Pseudolithos cubiformis is the cube-shaped stone-mimic of the milkweed family, and this listing is for the exact 4 cm plant in the photographs, grown in our own greenhouse. At rarecactus.com we grow these stapeliads slow and lean on the hard mineral…
