Rare or unusual

[hwhatley]

Just curious ... what is the most rare (hard to find) and/or unusual cactus or succulent in your collection

[Alber khan]

None of my cacti are rare Lol,i would love to have an Aztekium ritteri on it's own roots,but i have some unusual ones,which are yet again not hard to find:

A.subtula monstrose cristata.

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C.peruvianus monstrose

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There is one another but i have not taken a photo of it.

[hwhatley]

I don't think I have anything rare in my garden either. Most visitors comment that my Pereskia is the most un-cactus like thing they can imagine.

This plant (not mine) provided the seed...

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...from which I grew this one (no flowers yet):

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I think this is Pereskia aculeata, but I'm not sure about that. Those spines are painfully sharp.

[Robb]

I have a tiny cristate cereus with a bad case of the mealy's

[iann]

Copiapoa solaris is fairly uncommon, although most dedicated Copiapoa growers will get hold of one sooner or later. This is just a baby. Multi-headed ones are very rare in cultivation and they never rival the habitat plants the size of a small car.

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This one is perhaps even rare, although perhaps not as sought after. Eriosyce umadeave. Sorry, don't seem to have a recent photo, but here's a trayful of seedlings, possibly more than in the entire rest of England. Another plant that is majestic in habitat, but less so in cultivation.

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[iann]

I just thought of this one. Again superb in habitat, but can look great in cultivation too if you can keep it alive. Echinocactus polycephalus.

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[Awdre]

This S.opuntioides is what I think is the rarest in my little collection, grown really well this summer hope they survive the winter... Have two on its own roots and one grafted.