Melocactus violaceus Crassulaceae Will produce pink flowers on

Will produce pink flowers on long stalks off and on throughout the growing season

Forms numerous short stems that tend to lean over

A nice caudiciform shrub or woody vine from East Africa with red and green mottled stems

In warm conditions it may survive the winter

They are cuttings made from a mother plant

Melocactus violaceus Crassulaceae Will produce pink flowers onMelocactus violaceus Family: Cactaceae. A nice cephallium forming cactus. When young (as they are now) they seem like a regular green cactus but once it gets big enough the main plant stops growing but produces a large hairy inflorescence that continues to grow for the rest of the life of the plant. Eventually the inflorescence can be taller than the plant itself. This is more tropical than most cacti so it doesn't like cold weather and it also