Cacti Collection

Cochineal beetle harvest, by Eadweard Muybridge
Dactylopius coccus, cochineal beetles being harvested from Opuntia cacti, Antigua, West Indies, for the production of carminic acid used in the carmine dye, cochineal

The Blue Puya and Cactus at home in the Cordilleras by Marianne North
The Blue Puya and Cactus at home in the Cordilleras, near Apoquindo, Chili

Cactus indicus, ca 18th century
Watercolour on paper, ca late 18th century. Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh. Roxburgh noted in his Flora Indica that this cactus was common around Calcutta

Mesembryanthemum simplex, 1793
Watercolour and pencil on paper by Francis Masson, 1793. Field sketch made by Masson in the Cape of Good Hope

Nursery at the Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst place, Sussex

Pelecyphora aselliformis, 1873
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper of Pelecyphora aselliformis, commonly known as hatchet cactus. Hand-coloured lithograph on paper by Walter Hood Fitch, 1873

Carnegiea gigantea, 1854
Illustration of Carnegiea gigantea, commonly known as saguaro, 1854. Artwork from Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua by J.R

Consolea moniliformis, 1821
Illustration of Consolea moniliformis, 1821. Artwork from Flore medicale des Antilles by Michel Etienne Descourtilz, volume 1, plate 68

Carnegiea gigantea, 1878
Illustration of Carnegiea gigantea, commonly known as saguaro, from Reports upon the Botanical Collections Made in Portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona

Carnegiea gigantea, 1862-1865
Illustration of Carnegiea gigantea, commonly known as saguaro, from Flore des Serres by Louis Van Houtte, vol 15, 1862-1865

Echinocereus cinerascens, 1848
Illustration of Echinocereus cinerascens by Walter Hood Fitch from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1848. Artwork from volume 74, plate 4373

Echinopsis oxygona. Family: Cactaceae

Arid zone, Princess of Wales Conservatory

26. The Blue Puya and Cactus at home in the Cordilleras, near Apnear Apogquindo
The grand Puya, depicted above life-size, is here seen associated with Cereus Quisco, Gay (see 23), in its home on the steep, stony slopes of the Cordilleras, where there is little other vegetation

Desert plants
Kew B2B Plants and Fungi: Desert plants

Cactus chinensis, R. (Opuntia ficus-indica), 1795-1804
Watercolour on paper, 1795-1804. Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815). In his Flora Indica, Roxburgh believed this plant to be a native of China

x Disoselenicereus fulgidus, 1870
Watercolour and pencil on paper of x Disoselenicereus fulgidus by Walter Hood Fitch. Original illustration for Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 5856, 1st September 1870

Melocactus matanzanus (Dwarf Turks cap cactus or Turks cap cactus). Family: Cactaceae

Cleistocactus baumannii. Family: Cactaceae

Pilosocereus piauhyensis. Family: Cactaceae

Mammillaria laui subs dasyacantha
Mammillaria laui. Family: Cactaceae

Echinocereus pamanesiorum. Cactus. Family: Cactaceae

Echinocereus klapperi. Family: Cactaceae

Watering cacti, RBG Kew
Watering the cacti collection in the nursery, RBG Kew

CACTACEAE, Echinocereus, vierecki, 19961338KIST

Princess of Wales Conservatory
Arid plants in the Princess of Wales Conservatory

Carnegiea gigantea. Family: Cactaceae

Parodia mueller-melchersii ssp. mueller-melchersii. Cactus. Family: Cactaceae

Mammillaria mystax
CACTACEAE, Mammillaria, mystax, 2005745BCSO

Echinopsis spiniflora. Family: Cactaceae

Echinopsis huascha. Family: Cactaceae

Echinocereus baileyi var. brunispinus
CACTACEAE, Echinocereus, baileyi, var, brunispinus, 1999609DHEG

Pilosocereus catingicola. Family: Cactaceae

Rhipsalis baccifera (mistletoe cactus). Family: Cactaceae. An epiphytic cactus which originates from Central and South America, the Caribbean and Florida

Parodia cactus. Family: Cactaceae

Yellow cacti
CACTACEAE, Parodia

Mammillana gnelzomana
Flowering cacti, 20022686

Astrophytum myriostigma quadricostatum
CACTACEAE_Astrophytum, myriostigma, quadricostatum, 19982945

Cacti
CACTACEAE_Astrophytum, myriostigma, quadricostatum, 19982945

CACTACEAE, Echinopsis, huascha, 1985579HNTD

CACTACEAE, Astrophytum, ornatum, 194312224FARS

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