When a tree-grown rat tail cactus becomes so long it reaches the ground, it becomes a terrestrial grower. Contact with moist earth elicits instant rooting to access supplemental moisture from the ...

Our rat tail cactus has sometimes gone a month without watering and it is doing well. If placed outdoors for the summer, it is likely that no watering is needed as Mother Nature will take care of it.

Other hanging cacti worth mentioning include rat tail cactus (Aprocactus flagelliformis), whose stems may hang down as far as six feet and are decorated with orange, red, or pink blooms. It is ...

When the beaver tail cactus blooms, you will begin to notice the subtle variations in the size and shape of O. basilaris stems as well as varying intensity of the large, magenta flowers.