It is said that cactus was once the most delicate thing in the world. She was as delicate as water and would lose her life by the slightest touch. God couldn't bear it. He added a suit of armor on her, which was as hard as iron, with hurtful steel thorns on it. Since then, no one can be near cactus anymore. All creatures who get close to her bleed. A long time later, a brave man wanted to eradicate this evil thing. When his sword cut the cactus into two halves, it was so soft inside. It turned out that it was the sealed heart of cactus, which turned into tears because no one understood its loneliness. Therefore, cactus represents strength and loneliness.

There is abundant sun, high temperature and barely any water in a cacti’s natural environment. To reduce water consumption, the leaves of cacti decline and become firm spines. In the area where cacti grow, the soil layer is widely neutral or alkaline.

Cacti belong to carnation desert plants and scatter fleshy shrubs. The relative height of planting is 1 ~ 3 meters. The main stem will grow starting branches in branches. Cacti’ surfaces look like a wide obovate and obovate oval, and the color changes from emerald green to dark blue. There are hard and standing thorns on the surface of cacti, and the color of thorns is light brown or milky white.

The flowers of cactus bloom radially, with a diameter of 5 ~ 6.5cm. The receptacles are obovate, with a length of 3 ~ 3.5cm and a total width of 1.7 ~ 2.2cm. The flowers grow from narrow to inverted egg shape. The flowers of cactus are light yellow, and the flowering period is from June to October.

Keeping cacti at home can digest and absorb a certain amount of radiation and help purify indoor air. Cacti are strong and vigorous. Their rhizomes have strong adsorption and can store abundant water. Cactus juice can be drunk. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen, stomach, and legs.