Buckhorn Cholla 30+ Seeds

Buckhorn Cholla (Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa) is an upright, branched, cylindrical-stemmed cactus with long stem segments and yellow spines. This cholla is similar to Silver Cholla, but in Buckhorn Cholla, the mature stem segments generally are longer than 6 inches, while those of Silver Cholla are less than 4-inches long.

Buckhorn Cholla is a common component of vegetation communities on well-drained sandy, gravelly, and rocky soils on upper bajadas and moderate slopes into the lower mountains in the Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub and Pinyon-Juniper Woodland) life zone.

Propagation: The seeds are sown in top of a pot with DRY cactus soil mix, and are sprayed with a powdered Artemesia (Wormwood, Mugwort or Sagebrush) leaves to act as a fungicide then they are covered with a layer of silica sand (sandblasting sand). The pots are placed in a box and covered by a sheet of glass, the box is stored in a warm and sunny place in greenhouse (DO NOT WATER!!) After a 2 weeks the pots get a good soak in rain water. When the soil is wet, (this is easy to see on the surface of the sand), they are again covered by a sheet of glass and placed in a warm and sunny place for 2 -3 weeks.

Pots without any germinated seeds after 2 - 3 weeks are allowed to get dry with out the glass, and after being dry for 2 - 3 weeks they get soaked again, for another try.