![Tephrocactus molinensis](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tephrocactus-molinensis-DSC07738.jpg?resize=980%2C833&ssl=1)
Tag: South America
South America is home to many types of cacti, far more than the United Stats. Many of the cacti are small, under 1-foot tall. But, there are some make towering cacti that call to mind the saguaros of the southern Arizona Desert. South American is also home to many drought-tolerant rosette plants such as Puya.
![Tephrocactus molinensis](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tephrocactus-molinensis-DSC07738.jpg?resize=980%2C833&ssl=1)
![Opuntia sulphurea, Sebastian Santecchia](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/opuntia-sulphurea-spinibarbis-Sebastian-Santecchiadb.jpg?resize=980%2C488&ssl=1)
Opuntia sulphurea and Sebastian Santecchia
![Denmoza rhodocantha spines](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/denmoza-rhodacantha-spines.jpg?resize=980%2C683&ssl=1)
Denmoza rhodacantha
![Subpilocereus horrispinus, paul steven Tomafas](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Subpilocereus-horrispinus-paul-steven-tomafas.jpg?resize=856%2C702&ssl=1)
Subpilocereus horrispinus, a Venezuelan Beauty (by Manuel Molina)
![Trichocereus pascana, Lleonora Enking](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/trichocereus-pascana-leonora-Enking.jpg?resize=980%2C675&ssl=1)
It’s Echinopsis Now, not Trichocereus
![Punotia lagopus in cultivation, Eigenes Werk](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Austrocylindropuntia_lagopus-Eigenes-Werk.jpg?resize=800%2C700&ssl=1)
Three-mile High Punotia, Not Your Typical Cactus
![Austrocactus gracilis](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/austrocactus-gracilis.jpg?resize=980%2C800&ssl=1)
Austrocactus gracilis
![Copiapoa solaris](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/copiapoa-solaris-chile.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
Copiapoa is from Chile
![Opuntia robusta, Kwentin Paventino](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/opuntia-robusta-Kwentinpaventino.jpg?resize=980%2C980&ssl=1)
OPUNTIAS BELOW THE BORDER
![Opuntia sulphurea](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Opuntia-sulphurea-ch4.webp?resize=980%2C980&ssl=1)
Opuntia sulphurea
![Rhipsalis sp](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Rhipsalis-angatuba-brazil.jpg?resize=980%2C786&ssl=1)
Rhipsalis Is Tribe Rhipsalideae
![Oreocereus celsianus, Sebastian Santecchia](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/orocereus-celsianus-sebastian-santecchia4.jpg?resize=980%2C768&ssl=1)