How does a cactus get water?

Answer 1

A cactus gets its water from its roots. Whatever moisture is available in soil may be taken in by the cactus plant's shallow roots, and sent up to the stem for the photosynthetic interaction with the sun. A cactus also gets its water from the pores in its stem. The pores accept moisture in the form of water vapor.

Answer 2

The cactus plant gets water through the cooperation of three main body parts. One are the modified leaves in the form of thorns, spines, spikes, quills, prongs, needles, hairs, or bristles. These leaves channel any available moisture - be it dew, fog, or rainfall - down to the ground immediately around the cactus plant. The drops are taken into the soil, to be added to the water table or taken in by the plant's roots.

Another of the three cooperating cactus body parts are precisely the plant's spreading, shallow, fibrous roots. The roots are close to the surface to have first claims on any moisture seeping into the ground. They're spread out to anchor the cactus, but also to carry out their search over a wide area.

The search for soil moisture is an effective and efficient strategy. Moisture exists below ground no matter what's going on above ground. And a cactus plant is an expert at identifying and capturing that moisture. That's why cactus plants need to avoid being in close quarters with each other. Otherwise, they end up fighting over water rights.

Still another of the three cooperating cactus body parts is the plant's stem. The stem has the responsibility for moving, processing and storing water and watery products and solutions. In many herbaceous plants, storage is the responsibility of the roots, and processing the responsibility of the leaves. But the cactus puts all of the responsibilities in one place, where they're most needed, in the stem.

The stem is aided in its responsibilities by an internal structure that abounds with fleshy, juicy storage tissues. It also is aided by breathing pores, or stomata, that tend to be located on the leaves in most herbaceous plants. But on the cactus stem, they keep water loss to a minimum. They have guard cells on either sides of their openings onto the world. Those guard cells monitor the escape of gases from the inside, and the entry of gases from the outside.

Answer 3

One way in which a cactus plant produces water is by the exit of its inside water supplies through the openings of the stem's stomata, or breathing pores. That doesn't happen often. But when it does, it's called transpiration.

Another way is by the specialization of its interior tissues. The tissues of the cactus plant's stem are fleshy and juicy. So they're sources of water. But that water may be stored in a bitter or even toxic form.

Still another way is by the working of its growth buds. The budding flowers, fruits, and seeds are all succulent sources of water.

Yet another way is by the release of its exudates. Exudates are a plant's waste products. They're let loose into the soil, to feed such soil food web members as bacteria, fungi, nematodes and protozoa.

Answer 4

you water a cactus with water just like you would any plant

Answer 5

buy the thorn of the cactus... it holds the water in the large vacule

Answer 6

CUT IT OPEN

Answer 7

yes