Succulents and Cacti at the Missouri Botanical Garden

Here are a few sightings in the desert green house at the Missouri Botanical Gardens.

Here is a skinny spiny worm-like cacti. They are fairly small and it seems like when the branches break off they start a new plant. Eventually the surrounding ground gets covered by them.

Their name is Commiphora and they are from Eastern Africa. I may have seen some of these for sale at Home Depot before lol as my wife likes collecting succulents then due to our humid weather killing them.

Look at this punk rocker hairstyle. I pity the bird the lands on this thing not knowing there are some sharper spines beneath the hair.

These are quite tall, and it seems that only the tallest ones form a hairdoo.

They are Espostoa from Bolivia. I would imagine people in a desert climate could easily grow these in their yards similar to how people in Arizona have saguaros in their yards.

Now for a green brain with protective spines and spiraling thoughts.

I'm not sure of the name because these silver tags are so hard to read. There are a couple Latin names of Nofossulocactus and Covallatun.

This little guy seemed to be growing on its own unplanned in a crevice inside the building. It appears to be a Stapelia I think they are from South Africa. We once bought one and hoped it would bloom but it never did due to our humid environment.

Am I a cactus, succulent or leafy green plant? This one kind of seems like a chimera of a cucumber, pineapple and spinach.

This sign was next to it, they just give the overall family it belongs to called Euphorbia.

These little guys look quite familiar, I've seen them at various big box stores for sale.

Looks like it is Euphorbia Hakallensis.

Now for a blooming cacti with a nice fuzzy looking red color.

This is a Melocactus from Cuba that is endangered. Maybe they only grow in a small portion of the island.

I wish I could angle my camera to get this guy's name but they faced it towards the other side of the walkway. I'll call it the brainworm cactus lol. Very thick and twisty with lots of spines. Imagine having to walk through a field of these guys.

I have a few better documented cacti and succulents on my phone somewhere, more soon...

Thanks for looking :-)