Are you a big cacti lover and looking for an unusual one? Read on to pick your favorite from our list of 28 Unique & Rare Cactus Plants!

The cacti are certainly one of the weird looking plants. If you want to get the best cacti for your collection, look at how they come in different shapes and sizes.

Unique & Rare Cactus

1. Starfish Cactus

Botanical Name: Stapelia grandiflora

The flowers of this plant make it weird. The blooms and foliage give the plant a very unique look.

2. Arizona Rainbow Cactus

Botanical Name: Echinocereus rigidissimus

If you are after a specimen that is both fancy and beautiful, Rainbow Hedgehog Cactus can be your supplier. The red-magenta are a shade of yellow or light pink on maturity.

3. Ming Thing

Botanical Name: Cereus forbesii monstrose ‘Ming Thing’

It looks like it comes from another planet because of the clusters of blue and green nodules. The plant has areoles and small spines.

4. Totem Pole

Botanical Name: Pachycereus schottii monstrosus ‘Totem Pole Cactus’

This plant is very smooth and bumpy, which makes it a rarity. This plant is a natural way of growing and becoming large.

5. Chocolate Cactus

Botanical Name: Echinopsis cv ‘Chocolate’

The plant is brown in color and makes it to the list of Really Bizarre Cactus Plants. The looks are similar to a fungus.

6. Stenocereus Cactus

Botanical Name: Stenocereus hollianus cristata

It is unusual because it has the growth in waves. The curve is strange in a manner because of the tips that are dark purple.

7. Turbinicarpus Cactus

Botanical Name: Turbinicarpus alonsoi

It only grows on rocky slopes and is not found often. The species has been listed as critically deficient.

8. Dinosaur Back Plant

Botanical Name: Myrtillocactus geometrizans forma cristata ‘Dinosaur Back Plant’

The odd cactus is native to northern and central Mexico, it can grow up to 16 feet tall.

9. Eve’s Needle

Botanical Name: Opuntia subulata ‘Eve’s Needle’

A cactus with leaves. A low-maintenance flower that blooms in mid to midsummer only if favorable conditions exist.

10. Ruby Ball

Botanical Name: Gymnocalycium mihanovichii ‘Hibotan’

A bright variant with a variety of shades from red, to purple, yellow and white. Pale pink flowers and gray-green fruits are displayed by theRubi Ball.

11. Brain Cactus

Botanical Name: Stenocactus multicostatus

In fact, the cactus resembles a human brain and is one ofthe really bizarre cacti you can grow. Grow it in a planter that’s shaped like the face.

12. Baseball Cactus

Botanical Name: Euphorbia obesa

The plant is similar to a baseball bat. It’s best in bright sunlight. You can keep it in pots on the tables.

13. Golden Barrell Cactus

Botanical Name: Echinocactus grusonii

The plant is shaped like a globe. It is a really slow grower and blooms yellow flowers when kept in plenty of sun.

14. Lilliputian Cactus

Botanical Name: Blossfeldia lilliputian

The plant has a cluster of small green globes tightly packed together and scattered with white spots. It is definitely cute looking, not strange at all.

15. Creeping Devil

Botanical Name: Stenocereus eruca

The creeping devil is a Mexican demon with white hair on its head. The plant appears to be a bed of snakes.

16. Horse Crippler Cactus

Botanical Name: Echinocactus texensis

The pumpkin-like shape and sharp thorns make it ideal for damaging horses, as they can cripple them.

17. Teddy Bear Cholla

Botanical Name: Cylindropuntia bigelovii

A coat of soft fur looks like a scary animal when jumping cholla. It is one of the most unique and rare cacti that you can grow.

18. Eagle Claw Cactus

Botanical Name: Echinocactus horizonthalonius

You can call it a cousin of HorseCreeppler. The cactus’s curved spines look like their talons from the eagle.

19. Silver Torch Cactus

Botanical Name: Cleistocactus strausii

A columnar cactus like a torch! It can grow carrot-shaped red flowers and have an impressive height.

20. Hedgehog Cactus

Botanical Name: Echinocereus

The Hedgehog cactus can be found in many shapes and sizes. Some of them are very strange to look at!

21. Santa Rita Prickly Pear

Botanical Name: Opuntia santarita

The prickly pear cactus resembles a shape but is different in color. The orange-red flowers of this cactus are in the spring and produce oblong purple fruits after a while.

22. Papyracanthus

Botanical Name: Tephrocactus articulatus var. papyracanthus

A low-growing cactus with flat paperlike spines is harder to grow than expected. The paper spine cactus is a tall plant but can fall off easily.

23. Varispiralis Cactus

Botanical Name: Eulychnia castanea f. varispiralis

A pretty rare cactus with a striking appearance, has sharp bristles between its discs. This is a good plant to grow in the sunny spot.

24. Monstrose Cactus

Botanical Name: Copiapoa tenuissima ‘Monstrose’

There are tiny white woolly patches on top of the strange cactus.

25. Godzilla

Botanical Name: Ariocarpus fissuratus ‘Godzilla’

The cacti look like they are lined with rocks. The flowers appear from the wooly tips in fall

26. Dead Man’s Fingers

Botanical Name: Maihueniopsis clavarioides

The stems are made from a conical shape and resemble fingers that come out of the short greyish brown stumps.

27. Old Lady Cactus

Botanical Name: Mammillaria hahniana

One of the most wanted cacti is covered with spherical stems in white and hairy White. In late winter and early spring, the purple flowers are on a succulent.

28. Old Man Cactus

Botanical Name: Cephalocereus senilis

The name of the cactus is Old Man, it comes in a cylindrical shaped form and has long gray hair. This must be an addition to your garden if you love unique Succulent.