Pereskia Species, Barbados Gooseberry, Blade-Apple Cactus, Lemonvine, Rose Cactus
Pereskiaaculeata
Synonym
Cactus
pereskia
Perescia
aculeata var. godseffiana
Pereskia
pereskia
I have been growing Pereskia aculeata since the late 90's. My botany professor acquired this "weed" during his travels and gave it to me...Read More
Believed to be the ancestral plant of all other cacti.
I've heard this plant called both Mexican Lemon Cactus and Barbados Shrub. But whatever it is called it's a beautiful plant; easy to grow...Read More
Another synonym of this plant is Cactus pereskia.
More common names are "Tsunya, Bugambilia Blanca, Camelia Blanca, Grosel...Read More
Pereskia aculeata grows well from seed collected from ripe fruits. It can be kept in shrub form, but left to it's own devices it will vin...Read More
Being a tropical cactus, it has a difficult time here in the desert, although mine is still alive after five years. It doesn't like the ...Read More
P. aculenta is not a vine, it is actually a wax rose, which is
the same family but a different plant: Perescia bleo.
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This is an uncommon cactus, a climber with real, fleshy leaves. The spines are present though (not like P. grandiflora, where ther...Read More