Do you want to add some blooming xerophytes to your garden? Then have a look at these succulents with big flowers!
You’ll be surprised to know that a few wonders of nature grow in deserts. In addition to their prickly spikes, they bear beautiful, large blossoms. So, take a deep breath to encounter the list of the best and most unique succulents with big flowers for your garden!
Best Succulents with Big Flowers
1. Orchid Cactus
Botanical Name: Epiphyllum species
The genus Epiphyllum contains marvelous flowering cacti that produce bright and bold flowers in the spring-summer season. Many people know some species as “Queen of the Night” as well. This cactus is a very popular succulent that produces majestic white flowers that bloom only for one night. Many people eagerly wait to catch this sight!
2. Cape Aloe
Botanical Name: Aloe ferox
Cape Aloe is also known as the “grandfather of Aloes” because of its ethnomedicinal and economic importance that has now prevailed worldwide. It’s gel, present in the thick fleshy leaves that has so many uses in the medicinal world. Besides, the tall orange flowers that appear on long stalks may be the largest of all flowers in the Aloe family!
3. Desert Rose
Botanical Name: Adenium
Stop and Smell the Roses! The gorgeous Desert rose is a popular houseplant with a sculptural appearance due to its thick, bloated stem and rose-like blossoms that appear at the tip of the branches only. Additionally, it is quite a quirky succulent that requires special care, such as long sunlight hours and moist soil conditions during its blooming period.
4. Easter Cactus
Botanical Name: Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri
Among the several holiday cacti varieties, the Easter cactus is the one with big pink flowers that bloom during the late winter to late spring period. It is a perennial succulent that naturally grows as an epiphyte, and produces funnel-shaped flowers.
5. Dwarf Chin Cactus
Botanical Name: Gymnocalycium baldianum
The Dwarf Chin Cactus is a small cactus native to South America. In recent years it has gained popularity as a houseplant due to its unique structure and flowers. Additionally, the interesting part is to see the daisy-like flowers grow on top of their spherical structure which are larger than the size of the plant!
6. Living Stones
Botanical Name: Lithops species
Most fans of succulents are familiar with Living stones or Living pebbles because they almost look like small pebbles on the surface! Lithops are ground-hugging plants with only a pair of leaves, and you must see them splitting to produce flowers of various shades depending on the species.
7. Hedgehog Cactus
Botanical Name: Echinocereus viridiflorus
The Hedgehog cacti are a widespread variety mostly characterized by low clumps of conical stems tightly packed with one another. Interestingly, they give out some of the largest and brightest blooms of any cactus with many bright colors and patterns.
8. Crown Cactus
Botanical Name: Rebutia albispina
Cacti species in Rebutia are altogether commonly known as Crown cacti because of their flowers! They bloom in a circle on top or around the small cacti forming a crown as they bloom together. Besides the many species, Rebutia narvaecense is one with some large bloomers surrounding the small figure!
9. Rat Tail Cactus
Botanical Name: Aporocactus flagelliformis
A great choice for hanging baskets and vertical displays! The unique Rat tail cactus features long trailing stems where the big bright flowers delicately rest. There are many shades of red, orange, and pink bloomers available depending on some varieties and hybrids.
10. Monkey Tail Cactus
Botanical Name: Cleistocactus colademononis
Almost similar to the Rat Tail cactus in terms of growing nature but only that the Monkey Tail cactus is more like a fuzzier version! The long stems of this one are covered with a white hairy layer all over that looks like the tail of a Monkey. However, these fuzzy hairs are actually delicate spikes that protect the cactus from the sun’s rays.
11. Starfish Cactus
Botanical Name: Stapelia hirsuta
You must see this one in its blooming stage, The Starfish cactus bears the most extraordinary star-shaped forms of flowers in the world. In fact, many other varieties and cultivars of this cactus family showcase different sizes and colors of star bloomers! Have a look at this article here for more of such beauties.
12. Lobivia Cactus
Botanical Name: Lobivia famatimensis
A pretty sun-kissed bloomer with a compact green globular body covered with spines. The Lobivia cactus is popular for producing its bright egg-yellow flowers that bloom during the spring and summer months. Additionally, these blooms often only open during the day and close at night time.
13. Beavertail Cactus
Botanical Name: Opuntia basilaris
The Beavertail cactus is like the small version of the Prickly Pear plant with small pads covered in tiny thorns. It bears bright pink flowers that gradually grow to produce fruit at the end after fertilization by pollinators.
Caution: Be careful with their bristle-like spines, because these can irritate your skin.
14. Schlosser Cactus
Botanical Name: Notocactus schlosseri
Straight from Uruguay, the Schlosser Cactus is a usually solitary spherical to shortly cylindrical, upright cactus that produces beautiful lemon-yellow flowers in summer. These shiny yellow bloomers appear during the spring season within 3-4 years.
Aren’t these flowering succulents just one of a kind? Seems like you wish to have one too! So, when you get one of these do let us know and we might be able to help you take care of it.
