Christmas Cholla

Bigelovii is native to northwestern mexico and the southwestern united states and is sometimes cultivated as a desert ornamental for its showy golden.

Christmas cholla. Many tangled spiny branches sprout thin 1 4 inch stems forming a bush up to 3 feet high in the open up to 6 feet when growing among desert trees. Cylindropuntia leptocaulis the desert christmas cactus desert christmas cholla pencil cactus or tasajillo is a species of cholla cactus. Christmas cactus also known as tsejo christmas cholla pencil joint cholla holycross cholla diamond cactus and darning needle cactus has the most slender stems of all southwestern chollas. The cholla s scientific name also tells us a bit about it.

The desert christmas cactus or tasajillo c. Christmas cholla are most commonly found in the chihuahuan desert but they do appear in the lower regions of the sonoran desert. A native christmas cactus for your collection. All chollas bear the name cylindropuntia which tells you long stick says adam farrell wortman the horticulture manager at the tucson botanical gardens leptocaulis means thin stemmed fitting for the cholla with perhaps the skinniest of stems.

Teddy bear cholla or jumping cholla c. Leptocaulis holds its bright red fruits through the winter. There is usually just one white or golden brown spine per areole angled slightly downwards but some plants are mostly spineless.