There are several varieties of cactus growing in the Cactus Garden. Some of them are native to this area and some are not, but all of them must withstand the below freezing winters of Northern New Mexico.
Pincushion Cactus
Cactus, Flabby Pincushion - Coryphantha Macromeris
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The Plant |
The Plant w/ Flowers |
Blooms mid-July |
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Coryphantha (Escobaria) vivipara |
Pediocactus simpsonii (from Colorado) |
Blooms at the end of May |
Blooms in mid-April |
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Ferocactus hamatacanthus '"Texas Blue Barrel" |
Echinocactus Types
New Mexico Rainbow - Echinocereus viridiflorus
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Plant w/buds |
Flower |
Blooms late April-early May
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Echinocereus reichenbachii 'Purple Candle' |
Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albispinus |
Blooms early June |
Blooms mid-April |
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Echinocereus coccineus 'Pink' Select cross Oro Grande Type |
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Escobaria leei - 'Lee's Dwarf Snowball' |
Blooms mid-April |
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Texas Rainbows - Echinocereus dasycanthus
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Plant w/Flowers |
Flower |
Blooms at the end of May |
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Echinocereus triglochidiatus 'Claret Cup'
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The Plant |
The Flowers Blooms at the end of May |
Echinocereus coccineus 'Claret Cup'
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Echinocereus triglochidiatus 'Spineless Claret Cup' |
Various Prickly Pear - Opuntia spp. Varieties
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Texas Prickly Pear |
Texas Prickly Pear flower |
Plant w/flowers |
Blooms early June |
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Blooms late May
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Plant w/Flower |
Flower |
Opuntia fragiliis - Rutalia Hybrid
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Opuntia fragiliis var. denudata |
Various Cholla Varieties
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Plant w/flowers |
Flowers |
Blooms early June |
Cholla, Tree - Cylindropuntia imbricata
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Plant w/flowers |
Flower |
Blooms mid-June |
Cholla, Santa Fe - Opuntia viridiflora
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With Fruit |
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Buds & flowers |
Arizona Pencil Cholla - Cylindropuntia arbuscula
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Whipple's Cactus 'Snow Leopard' - Cylindropuntia whipplei
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Club Cholla - Corynopuntia spp. |
Miscellaneous
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Oufragilis scherinae 'Red' |