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Fishbone Cactus
Fishbone Cactus
Disocactus anguliger
Plantae
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
Mexico
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Rare

About

An epiphytic cactus from Mexican cloud forests, named for its flat stems that zigzag in a distinctive fishbone pattern. It blooms only at night, producing large, sweetly fragrant white flowers that last just a single evening.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Disocactus
Species
Disocactus anguliger