"If you follow all the right Christmas cactus care and growth tips, your plant can live for decades — 30 years or longer," ...

The Gila woodpecker nests inside the stem of the saguaro cactus ... leaves after it has rained - as soon as the soil dries out, they all drop off. Some cacti spines are nearly 15cm (6in) long.

And many of these plants which I like to call "holiday cacti," are passed down from one generation to the next as family heirlooms because they are plants which live a long time ... for identifying ...

These long-lived plants can survive for ... Like other cacti, the Christmas cactus lacks true leaves. The jointed stems, called cladodes, do the work of photosynthesis typically performed by ...