Cacti & Succulents
Cactaceae
The archtypical succulents. The cactus family accounts for about one-fifth of all species of succulent plants. Cacti are New World plants (with one anomalous exception) and are the classic "stem succulents."
Aizoaceae
(or Mesembryanthemaceae, or Ficoidaceae, depending on the age of your reference book) "Mesembs." Leaf succulents, mainly found in southern Africa. These include the "pebble plants," Lithops, Conophytum and similar genera, in which the plant is reduced to a single pair of thick leaves fused together for most of their length. Some mesembs from colder regions will survive a Kansas winter.
Asclepiadaceae
The milkweed family includes a number of stem succulents native to Africa and Asia. The plants generally are ugly, sprawling things, but the flowers are as complex and extravagant as orchids.
Portulacaceae
The examples here are small, hardy perennials native to North America.
Stereo Botany
The Impoverished Photographer's Guide to Close-Ups
Useful links
Cactus & Succulent Mall The crossroads of the succulent world
Mesa GardenThe best source for cactus and mesemb seed
Wichita cactus club
Cactus & Succulent Society of Hawaii Lots of good pictures
The Kawaii Menace: Animation, Japan and women with blue hair
Scuffulans hirsutus: My other weblog
1000 years of Rock and Roll: My peculiar music
Society for Creative Anachronism
Ballet Photo Gallery
Links
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Species pictured:
Parodia cardenasii,
Mammillaria louisae,
Setiechinopsis mirabilis,
Mammillaria plumosa,
Schwantesia borscherdsii,
Stomatium pyrodorum,
Rhinephyllum broomii,
Chasmatophyllum musculinum,
Lithops fulviceps var. lactinea,
Huernia hislopii,
Huernia zebrina var. magniflora,
Tavaresia barkleyii,
Phemeranthus brevicaule,
Phemeranthus calycinus,
Phemeranthus sediforme