![Plate by Mary Emily Eaton](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/volume-3-xix.jpg?resize=980%2C980&ssl=1)
Category: Other Topics
Cacti and succulents are a large and varied group of plants. Fungi, seed germination, birds, pollination, and cacti that are used for food are described here.
![Plate by Mary Emily Eaton](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/volume-3-xix.jpg?resize=980%2C980&ssl=1)
![Opuntia, Patrick Denker](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/opuntia-patrick-denker1.png?resize=980%2C567&ssl=1)
Cliffs and Canyons
![California tarantula, J Maughn](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/calif-tarantula-j-maughn.jpg?resize=980%2C781&ssl=1)
Joshua Tree National Park
![Grazing Cattle, Anthony Citrano](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/desert-grazing-anthony-citrano.jpg?resize=980%2C739&ssl=1)
Animal Browsing and Cacti
![Ostrich](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/south-africa-oudtshoorn-ostriches.jpg?resize=980%2C801&ssl=1)
Succulent Karoo
![Cactus Explorers](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/explorers.jpg?resize=380%2C243&ssl=1)
The Cactus Explorers Club
![Opuntia pinkavae, octoploid](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/opuntia-pinkavae-octoploid-chris-ginkel9.jpg?resize=980%2C675&ssl=1)
Polyploidy in Cacti
![Dragon blood tree](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dragon-blood-tree.jpg?resize=800%2C980&ssl=1)
Socotra (Soqotra) Island Succulents
![Echinocactus platyacanthus](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/echinocactus-platyacanthus.png?resize=664%2C826&ssl=1)
Cactus Seed Responses to Temperature
![Cactus-seeds, Alfredo Eloisa](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/opuntia-streptacantha-seeds-Alfredo-Eloisa1.jpg?resize=635%2C395&ssl=1)
Soil Seed Banks
![Cactoblastis Larvae](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Cactoblastis-Larvae.jpg?resize=667%2C980&ssl=1)
Cactoblastis cactorium on Opuntia
![Gibberellic Acid](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/n-12108.jpg?resize=980%2C585&ssl=1)