![Polaskia chende](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Polaskia_chende_5742296543.jpg?resize=980%2C900&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.
![Polaskia chende](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Polaskia_chende_5742296543.jpg?resize=980%2C900&ssl=1)
![Mammillaria seeds](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/mammillaria-seeds.jpg?resize=980%2C757&ssl=1)
Storing Mammillaria supertexta Seeds
![Various fungal cultures, David Midgley](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fungal-cultures-david-midgley.jpg?resize=980%2C749&ssl=1)
Fungi Inside the Cacti in Arizona
![Echinocactus polycephalus xeranthemoides, Nancy Hussey](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/nurse-rock-nancy5.jpg?resize=980%2C980&ssl=1)
Nurse Rocks
![Phainopepla nitens, Andrew Johnson](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Phainopepla-nitens-andrew-johnson.jpg?resize=980%2C798&ssl=1)
Where Do Birds Go After They Eat Cactus Fruit?
![](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Mesembryanthemum-crystallinum-jon-sullivan.jpg?resize=980%2C753&ssl=1)
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum in the Atacama Desert
![Myrtillocactus geometrizans, Amante Darmanin](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/myrtillocactus-geometricans-amantedar.jpg?resize=980%2C900&ssl=1)
Myrtillocactus Pollination Biology in the Tehuacan Valley
![Stenocereus gummosus, Amante Darmanin](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/stenocereus-gummosus-ad-Viscaino-baja-cal-surb.jpg?resize=900%2C544&ssl=1)
Stenocereus queretaroensis Seed Germination
![Ferocactus gracilis gatesii, Christian Defferrard](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ferocactus-gracilis-gatesii-cd.jpg?resize=980%2C757&ssl=1)
Flora of Baja California
![Selenicereus megalanthus fruit](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/pitayah-selenicereus-megalanthus.jpg?resize=980%2C758&ssl=1)
Selenicereus and Pitayah Fruit
![Saguaro cactus, Max Ruckman](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/saguaro-max-ruckman.jpg?resize=980%2C803&ssl=1)
Saguaro Cacti Associate with Some Plants More Than Others
![Melocacatus violaceus, Andrew Nicolle](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/melocacatus-violaceus-andrew-nicolle1.jpg?resize=980%2C900&ssl=1)