What Are the Names of Columnar Cactus Plants? Introducing Several Potted Plants with Unusual Forms

When people talk about cacti, many may think of the flat kind of plant, but the cactus genus includes many plants, and their forms also vary. Besides the flat cacti, there are also many columnar cactus varieties.

When people talk about cacti, most may first think of the kind of plant whose stem and leaves are fused into one, flat in shape and covered with many spines. It is true that plants of this shape are indeed representative of the cactus family, but this genus also includes plants of other forms. In the flower market, we can often see a type of succulent with a plant form that has almost no leaves, with the whole body made up of stems, and also covered with many tiny spines. Moreover, if you look closely, there are also some differences in their appearance.

So, what varieties of columnar cacti are there? Below we will introduce some of their names.

1. Euphorbia tirucalli

This plant is still relatively common on the market, and it can also be bought online. This plant also has another very amusing name, namely the pencil tree, because its shape is like a stick, and its outer skin is also very smooth. Only at its top do some very small leaves grow, so people gave it such a funny name.

2. Cereus

From the name of this plant, we can infer that its plant form is very large; otherwise, the word "sky" would not have been added. This plant generally grows in deserts, because the environment there is special. In order to obtain more water, it can grow very tall, and correspondingly, its underground part will also be very long.

3. Myrtillocactus geometrizans 'Fukurokuryuzinboku'

The plant form of this plant is not very large; the size of a mature plant is only about ten centimeters. However, this plant is very easy to grow in clusters, and when they grow together one by one, they look like mountain ranges, so people gave it the name Wan Chong Shan.

Among this category of cactus plants, there are many columnar varieties, and of course there are also some that we have not mentioned.