A saguaro cactus typically has one arm when it is between 50 and 75 years old. As the cactus continues to grow, it will produce more arms. A saguaro cactus with 10 arms is approximately 150 years old.

The Home You Own Bidding wars and $1,000 succulents: The wild world of rare houseplants. Serious collectors travel to auctions and sleuth online for unusual varieties — often made all the more ...

China has become a major source of demand for wild succulents in the last few years, but an internet campaign there to educate people about the illegal succulent trade has seen some results.

China has become a major source of demand for wild succulents in the last few years, but an internet campaign there to educate people about the illegal succulent trade has seen some results.

Now scientists believe the Key Largo tree cactus, which grew in the Florida Keys, is the first plant of its kind to go extinct in the wild in the United States due in part to sea-level rise.

By 2021, after years of exposure, only a few cactuses remained. Researchers chose to remove them from the wild rather than let them die. The final wild straggler was removed in 2023 “because it ...