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Acanthocereus oaxacensis is a small, scrambling or creeping cactus from Oaxaca, Mexico, grown mainly as an ornamental. Give it well-drained soil, sun, and sparing water.
Acanthocereus oaxacensis is a species of succulent flowering plant in the genus Acanthocereus, within the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to southwestern Mexico.
Acanthocereus oaxacensis is primarily cultivated as an ornamental. It may be propagated vegetatively via cuttings, or via seed.
Acanthocereus oaxacensis is native to the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, where it grows mainly in the seasonally-dry tropical biome.
Acanthocereus tepalcatepecanus · Triangle cactus · Triangle cactus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acanthocereus oaxacensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
