Different Types Of Cactus House Plants. Ribs line the sides of the plant and spiky spines grow from them. There are different types of cacti and different species.
MATTHIASRABBIONE Getty Images. Cactus plants feature different shapes including cylindrical columnar spherical star-shaped and others. Orchid cactus and the American winter favorite Christmas cactus are both types from the rainforest.
Avoid setting these plants in direct sunlight as the sun can often burn their leaves.
Common names for these species include climbing cacti orchid cacti and leaf cacti though the latter also refers to the genus Pereskia. Other types of cacti that can survive under conditions closer to zero degrees Fahrenheit include the Fishhook Barrel Cactus also known as Ferocactus wislizeni and the Santa Rita Prickly Pear Cactus also known as Opuntia santa-rita. The glochids which give it a polka-dot appearance can still stick you. Their stems can grow 6 to 15 cm in length 4 to 12 cm in width.