Leuchtenbergia principis *Larger Plant* Crassulaceae Plant stays low and spreads

Plant stays low and spreads slowly

The red spines fade with age

The flowers are small and orange red

The lighter

Leuchtenbergia principis *Larger Plant* Crassulaceae Plant stays low and spreadsLeuchtenbergia 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