Cactus Explorer

Name: Cactus Explorer
Address: Antofagasta, CL
Telephone: +56940131680
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Stefan Campbell is an Australian naturalist, habitat guide and science communicator living in Chile, dedicated to the research and conservation of cacti and other xeric plants in habitat 🏜️

19/05/2026

One of our favourite cacti of the Mexico trip was this golden-yellow spined Acharagma roseanum, which, after a few attempts of unsuccessful searching on previous trips, seemed to be a bit of a unicorn plant in habitat.

This species and all other Acharagma like slightly cooler and humid microclimate niches in habitat compared to many other cacti, which is why they are usually found at higher altitudes in the Sierra Madre Oriental, or on north west facing slopes in the Chihuahuan Desert that get more shade and therefore hold onto humidity for longer after rain.

These types of north facing niches in northern hemisphere deserts are often where lichens, ferns and other more mesophytic life can be found 🏜️

13/05/2026

Nothing like a huge clump of Ferocactus robustus to brighten up your day ☀️😁🌵 Puebla, Mexico 🇲🇽

11/05/2026

Have a “Lophy” day cactus friends 🌵✌️ Lophophora williamsii, Coahuila, MX 🇲🇽

08/05/2026

Neolloydia conoidea is a common cactus across the Chihuahuan Desert with striking magenta to violet flowers that are hard to ignore when in bloom! We loved seeing this in Coahuila Mexico! 🏜️🇲🇽

06/05/2026

Mammillaria pectinifera and Mammillaria napina grow together in several locations in Puebla State Mexico but are easily distinguished by their morphology and phenology.

Mammillaria napina:
* Appearance: Small, green, solitary, or slightly clustering shoots to 1-5 cm in diameter.
* Spines: 10-12 radial spines 8–10 mm long, whitish to yellow, interlacing, often with a light orange proximal end.
* Flowers: Large, bright pink to pale carmine, flowering in late spring to summer.

Mammillaria pectinifera (syn. Solisia pectinata):
* Appearance: Small, green, spherical, apically depressed stem, usually 1–4 cm in diameter.
* Spines: Completely covered by 20-40 tiny, white, pectinate spines per ar**le.
* Flowers: Medium-sized white to light pink flowers, often with a darker mid-strip, blooms primarily in winter.

05/05/2026

Fouquieria fasciculata is a rare, slow-growing Mexican caudiciform that grows in the states of Hidalgo and Querétaro with numerous other exotic species.

In the horticultural trade this Fouquieria is prized as a “fat plant” for its large green photosynthetic bottle-shaped trunk making it popular as a bonsai. Its thick, sculptural “pachycaul” trunk, serves as a water reservoir in semi-arid niches of the Sierra Madre Oriental.

29/03/2026

Southernmost Copiapoa coquimbana growing with Puya venusta along the Chilean coastline

27/03/2026

A large Copiapoa esmeraldana hidden in the quartz rich granite stones of the Atacama

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