子孙球为仙人掌科仙人掌属多年生肉质常绿草本,多丛生。幼株为球形,老株为圆筒形,球体暗绿色,具棱11～12个,刺锥形,白花着生于球体上部。子孙球生命力极强,繁殖快,在球上极易孳生小球,小球上还会再生小小球,“父生子,子生孙,子子孙孙繁衍不息”,一盆之中“数代同堂”。它们在盆面紧密地挤在一处,使中间隆起形成半球状,故名。 The offspring of the cactus Cactus is a perennial succulent evergreen herb, more clusters. The young plant is spherical, the old strain is cylindrical, the sphere is dark green with 11 ~ 12 ribs. Sub-ball strong vitality, rapid propagation, easy to breed in the ball on the ball, the ball will be regenerated small ball, “Father and Son, Son of Heaven, children and grandchildren continue to multiply,” a pot “number Generation together. ” They crowded in the basin close together in one place, so that the middle of the formation of hemispherical bulge, hence the name.