Cacti have been the most popular plants grown at home for decades. What are they, and what is their popularity?

The cactus family is extremely diverse. It is difficult to imagine that plants that differ significantly from each other in size, shape of stems and flowers are related to each other. Remember, in deserts you can find huge cacti up to twenty meters high, and in our apartments there are real miniature beauties whose size does not exceed a couple of centimeters. But they all come from the same ancestors, as indicated by the main signs of family similarity.


The first sign of belonging to cacti is that the plant must be a perennial succulent. What is it? This is the name of plants that can store moisture in their stems and leaves for a long time. This ability allows cacti to withstand a complete drought in deserts for several months. This feature of cacti affected even such a remote area from botany as the interpretation of dreams: if a cactus dreamed, then it is to long-term luck. Dream interpreters are so bizarrely able to draw parallels with the possibility of a long life of cacti. But do not make the mistake of referring all succulents to cacti. The first feature is necessary, but not sufficient.

The second sign that defines a plant as a cactus is that the plant belongs to the class of dicotyledons. Cactus seeds always have two lobes. The jargon used by botanists also defines cacti as "two-part" plants.


The third sign of cacti is particularly interesting. Only they have areoles, special organs that appear on the plant already in the first weeks of its life. The areola actually combines the shoot and the axillary bud. In other plants, they always exist separately. It is to the areoles that the cactus should be grateful for its thorns, easily separated from the stem.


The fourth sign says that the cactus can only be the plant in which the lower ovary is formed. Below the petals, the fruit is formed and develops. In this, cacti are similar... to cucumbers.

And the last, fifth sign of the plant's attribution to the cactus family can be called the fact that the fruit of the cactus is a berry. Any fruits of these plants necessarily include many seeds that are included in the pulp surrounded by the skin. This is where the similarity of cactus fruits ends: they can be very different in color, size, etc. La promotion Pari Sans Risque de 1xBet est un bonus qui consiste au remboursement de paris sportifs. Cette promotion est disponible pour les utilisateurs enregistrés ayant un compte actif sur le site de paris sportifs et le casino de 1xBet.Chaque pari effectué permet au client de gagner des points bonus du Code promo pour 1xBet qui peuvent être échangés contre des paris gratuits et d’autres offres spéciales dans la boutique PROMO CODE.Afin de bénéficier du bonus de bienvenue de 1xBet, le client doit tout d’abord disposer d’un compte utilisateur valide.