![Cleistocactus smaragdiflorus flower, Peter A Mansfeld](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cleistocactus-smaragdiflorus-Peter-A-Mansfeldb.jpg?resize=893%2C507&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.
![Cleistocactus smaragdiflorus flower, Peter A Mansfeld](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cleistocactus-smaragdiflorus-Peter-A-Mansfeldb.jpg?resize=893%2C507&ssl=1)
![Gymnocalycium saglionis](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/MG_4448.CR2-gymnocalycium-saglionis.jpg?resize=980%2C740&ssl=1)
Gymnocalycium in Argentina
![Puya raimondii, Peru](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/puya-raimondii.jpg?resize=980%2C478&ssl=1)
World’s Largest Pineapple Relative
![](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/MG_3906.CR2-Along-Rio-de-las-Conchas.jpg?resize=980%2C511&ssl=1)
Along the Conchas River of Argentina
![Gymnocalycium quehlianum, Argentina](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Gymnocalycium-quehlianum3.jpg?resize=980%2C437&ssl=1)
Gymnocalycium quehlianum
![Opuntia megasperma var megasperma](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Opuntia-megasperma-var-megasperma-wildlifetravel.com_.png?resize=980%2C674&ssl=1)
Opuntia of the Galapagos Islands
![Neoraimondia gigantea flower](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/neoraimondia-gigantea4b.png?resize=980%2C758&ssl=1)