I have a cactus with long thin leaves. I am not sure what type it is. Do you know of any types of cacti that grow leaves.
2007-01-16 12:08:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
check the site to identify your plant
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/davidtraish/Identifying_succulents.html
2007-01-16 12:38:45 · answer #1 · answered by jamaica 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All cacti have leaves, although they are modified leaves. The needles are a type of modified leaf. I want to say it might be a Christmas cactus but I can't find an image of what I was told was Christmas cactus when I was young.
It is very difficult to give any identification just based on it having long thin leaves. I have listed a site and several species listed there that might help you. The last one, Disocactus ackermannii, form the Oaxaca/Veracruz region of Mexico is the closest to the cactus I was told is Christmas cactus.
2007-01-16 23:10:46 · answer #2 · answered by georgd58 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋