12 Beautiful Indoor Cactus Plants | Best Cactus Varieties to Grow Indoors

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Last Updated: 19.10.2023
Sakshi Kasat
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Sakshi Kasat, an indoor gardener and content creator from Indore, India, transitioned from teaching to follow her gardening passion during the pandemic. She's an expert in indoor gardening, with over 150 articles published. Her favorite plant, the Peace Lily, reflects her mission to inspire others. In gardening and writing, she finds pure inspiration and contentment.

These Indoor Cactus Plants are both easy to grow and look beautiful in small spaces like tabletops! Grow them today to add beauty to your home or workplace!

Check out some of the most stunning Indoor Cactus Plants that you can grow with ease without worrying too much about maintenance!

Here are the easiest to grow Cacti you can grow in India


Indoor Cactus Plants

1. Christmas Cactus

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Botanical Name: Schlumbergera bridgesii

The plant is best known for its pink flowers at the end of trailing foliage. As the name suggests, these spectacular blooms appear during December month.

2. African Milk Tree

Botanical Name: Euphorbia trigona

This cactus showcases an upward growth pattern with thorny branches surrounded by oval leaves on the margins that may be either green or red depending upon the cultivar.

3. Rattail Cactus

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Botanical Name: Disocactus flagelliformis

This plant features long and trailing stems covered with short spines. It rarely bears pink to red flowers that generally appear in spring or summer.

4. Old Lady Cactus

Botanical Name: Mammillaria hahniana

This cactus features a stem with fuzzy hair-like spines all across. It is one of the most sought-after plants and does best in a lot of bright sunlight.

5. Barrel Cactus

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Botanical Name: Echinocactus grusonii

This cactus has a barrel-shaped body that is covered with rows of spines ranging from yellow, tan, to red, depending upon the age of the plant. It also produces yellow to red flowers atop the cactus.

6. Fairy Castle Cactus

Botanical Name: Acanthocereus tetragonus

This cactus has clumps of columnar branches with varying sizes that gives it a silhouette-like appearance. It becomes woody and brown as it gets mature.

7. Feather Cactus

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Botanical Name: Mammillaria plumosa

The whole cactus is covered with a white and fuzzy layer of spines that render it a feathery view. This cactus also bears white, yellow, to pink striped flowers.

8. Bunny Ear Cactus

Botanical Name: Opuntia microdasys

The bunny ear cactus earned such a name because of the circular pads like leaves. It does not develop prickly spines but has closely spaced, white-brown glochids or small mounds of prickles on its pads.

9. Moon Cactus

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Botanical Name: Gymnocalycium mihanovichii

Thanks to the inability of producing chlorophyll, this cactus displays an array of red, orange, and yellow hues. The upper colorful part is known as the scion and looks simply beautiful!

10. Ladyfinger Cactus

Botanical Name: Mammillaria elongata

The long and slender stems of this cactus are reminiscent of the ladyfinger. Though the plant has erect growth when it is small, it starts spilling and sprawling as it matures.

11. Star Cactus

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Botanical Name: Astrophytum asterias

As the name suggests, it is a spineless cactus with a round body that resembles the star shape when looked from atop. It is divided into sections or ribs.

12. Parodia

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Botanical Name: Parodia magnifica

This compact cactus is great for small pots! Yellow to red, trumpet-shaped flowers bloom during the nighttime in the summer season and also release a pleasing fragrance.

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