Critically endangered Consolea corallicola You will receive one pad of consolea corallicola without roots. The Semaphore cactus is an erect, trunk-forming prickly-pear cactus that occurs naturally in just two widely-separated locations in the Florida Keys. Flowers emerge orange and fade to red with age. Fruits are very rare and, when present, are thought to be produced by asexual means. Most reproduction in Semaphore cactus happens vegetatively, when young “pups” fall from a parent plant and disperse to a new site. The threats to the survival of Semaphore cactus are many and include sea level rise, climate change, development. More info. : The genus Consolea was named in honor of botanist Michelangelo Console of the Palermo Botanic Garden in Italy. The entire genus of Consolea has about 10 accepted species and the range of the native habit of some species ranges from areas in the Caribbean and into Florida, U.S.A. All Plants a grown in beautiful California weather under a 40% shade cloth. Make sure to slowly adapt all plants to your local weather. As a general rule of thumb I would recommend quarantining any recent additions to your collections & dousing with your favorite native pollinators friendly insect control prior to adding them to the general populations ALL PROCEEDS ARE GOING TO A STEM/PROGRAMMING PROGRAM AT THE SAN GABRIEL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTINUATION SCHOOL.