cactus

So I found this cactus a few years ago abandoned in the woods (Central Europe) and I’ve wondered since who he is, especially because he lowered his arms some month ago and build roots so I put another pot underneath it…

I got this spiky boi a couple years before COVID for my desk at work. It managed to live through 3 months of sitting in the window at the office during shutdown. It deflated, but perked up with a touch of water, though the flop turned into a big bend.

I'm pretty sure it's overgrown the pot it is in.

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Photographer @Rare@lemmy.ml

Photographer @rare@lemmy.ml

Photographer @Rare@lemmy.ml

Photographer @rare@lemmy.ml

Photographer @Rare@lemmy.ml

Propagated this arm a few months back and both sides are going back to throwing areoles for a bit. Bruce’s dragon is such a bizarre cutting

I repotted my cacti and messed up on the size on the first one. I will adjust that later. For now, I am trying to straighten out the etiolation and give these fellows some extra sun. I am also working on being a better cacti caregiver. I am relatively new to cacti keeping! Hope this is okay to post, happy to take feedback and comments on my collection.

I just noticed this seedling Eastern Prickly Pear in my little dish! It even still has its cotyldons!

I got some segments from a neighbor last summer and they had some fruits on them. I noticed a squirrel had taken a nibble out of one but I didn't think that any seeds had fallen out

This was last July.

There were seven flowers in total. Each flower opened just a few days at most. Some of them opened a few apart, so I had flowers to admire for about a week.

I trimmed the garden (grow tent) a few weeks back and some tips already started rooting. So I figured I’d take advantage of a nice day & get everybody in some soil. It is a well draining mix/substrate capped off with a little top soil.

So I’ve been chopping & prepping cacti for propagation and noticed this on the BD. I’m going to give it another week or 2 before cutting it now. Hopefully that will give them a better chance at rooting 🤞 idk if the left stalk is cresting or branching or what! So cool

Here’s a few more pics of the whole cactus..

Edit: previous post https://lemmy.world/post/17021556

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/29912340

I'll need to properly ID them later since they only have tags with their Japanese names, but I'm reasonably sure the top row from the left is a Leuchtenbergia, an Obregonia and a Crassula, and the bottom row is some kind of Gymnocalycium, a Haworthia, Blosfeldia liliputiana and another Haworthia.

The one on the left, with beautiful curved spines, is Gymnocalycium saglionis, and the other one, with white hair around spines is Pyrrhocactus floccosus, a pretty rare one (at least in Japan). Hope they like their new home!

They were all so purdy that I couldn't help myself. Surprisingly affordable too, even the bigger ones, which is always nice.