Leuchtenbergia principis Cactus In high light the plants

In high light the plants can take on a orangish to brownish cast

Many people consider it to be a species of Monsonia

The individual heads are just an inch or two across

Cut back on water in the winter when it is mostly dormant

The leaves form in the spring and summer and the plant grows until fall

Leuchtenbergia principis Cactus In high light the plantsLeuchtenbergia principis One of the strangest looking of all cacti! It has the longest tubercles of any cactus (rivaled only by Astrophytum caput medusae)! They are the long arms that make up this plant. In a normal cactus they are just the small bumps that the spines are born on. The spines in this cactus are long and look fierce, but are actually quite thin and bendable. You don't have to worry about poking yourself on them. Takes normal cactus