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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

It's been a while since I last posted here, so I thought it was about time I did. Today I'll share pics and characteristics about a cactus I used to have but sadly I don't anymore. It's death is still...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Flowers ruined by the rains

If you've read some of my earliest posts, you'll know by now how important the flowering of a cactus is for it's owner. Since the very moment when you see the tiny new growth that looks kinda suspicio...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Succulent progress and flowers: My Caralluma hesperidium

This plant is one of the very first I got when starting my collection. I happened to stumble on this pictures a few days ago while sorting them and wow... It's amazing how time goes by and one seems t...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

ID and development of one of my favorites: Echinopsis chamacereus

I sometimes find myself thinking of a particular cactus as "one of my favorites" but then again... most of half my collection falls under that category lol. This particular one is truly in the top 5,...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Cactus ID: Ferocactus gracilis

Hello people! I'm back again with another Cactus ID series' post. Today I want to show you one of my favorites on my collection, a Ferocactus gracilis. Pictures don't do justice to it's beauty, and I...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Succulent ID: Graptosedum bronze

Today I want to share with you this beautiful succulent in my collection. I began my hobby of collecting cactus around 2-3 years ago now, and at the beginning I was purely exclusive devoted to collect...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Patience

I've never been the patient kind. That doesn't mean I rush into things either, as I'm very meticulous and somewhat perfectionist. These qualities may seem incompatible and it's true that sometimes the...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Flowering Opuntia!

Okey so this Opuntia cactus (which I haven't fully identified yet) started forming his flower about two weeks ago or so. It surprised me how much it took for it to open, I actually started doubting it...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Not Everything Is About Cactus: Pt3

I'm not gonna ask if you guys already saw the new site that this platform launched a few days ago (if you live in a bubble and haven't seen it yet, suite yourself and go take a peep here ). What I...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Plant ID & Cares: Sansevieria

Good morning peeps. Today I wanna show you some progress from my rescued Sansevierias (you can check the post when I got them clicking here as well as the one where I potted them clicking here )....

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Making my webpage!

Hello guys! As the title says, I'm going to talk about my webpage. Can you guess what it'll be about? Cactus, of course! I've always liked having a webpage. When I was younger I used to design some p...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Not Everything Is About Cactus: Pt2

On my last post I shared with you some thoughts & insights about stuff one starts to enjoy while getting older. How the "party-lifestyle" starts getting boring and is ultimately replaced with other a...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Not Everything Is About Cactus: Pt1

Since day one I have only posted about cactus and stuff related with them. While I still aim to keep this page mostly about these magnificent plants, I thought that it would also be cool to write abou...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Grafting! A beautiful technique!

Some of you perhaps are familiar with the concept of grafting cactus. Maybe some of you are not, so this post is directed to anyone that does not know or that just wanna see some grafted gymno haha....

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Cactus ID: Sorting takes time

Any cactus enthusiast out there doesn't only enjoys having cactus but also knowing as much as possible from each of them: principal characteristics, cares, ways of propagation/reproduction, type of so...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

A recovery story

One of the most amazing features that cactus (succulents in general) have is their strength and capabilities of surviving some treacherous conditions, both human made or nature ones. This particular c...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Re-potting Sansevierias!!

Good afternoon people! (I don't know from where you might be reading this but at the time of writing it is 5pm where I'm from). Short story today. You might remember that a month ago (or so) I collect...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Growth comparison

Hi guys. Today I have a short post to share, basically different pictures of the same plants with only 3 months difference between them. The first I wanna show you is a Echinocactus grusonii var. alb...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

IDless cactus: sad story but happy ending

Hello there guys, I'm back again with yet another story about my cactus hobby. This one is kind of bittersweet. As part of my daily routing I have the habit of checking my cactus when I wake up or whi...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Beautiful flowers on my E. multiplex!!

Today will be just a short post. As you may remember a few days back I posted about this cactus growing some new flowers. Well they continued to develop quite nicely and were looking like this on sun...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Pretty visitors

Hello guys. I'm doing some arranges in the balcony where I have my cactus, I'll be posting em later. But today I went and check on my plants and found some good surprises. Anyone that collect and gro...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

My Cactus Guide

Hello guys. Today there's no picture from any particular cactus but rather an informative post about something I'm currently working on. As you may have already guessed (title is quite straight forwa...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Echinopsis multiplex flowers

Hi guys. I've been quite busy lately and even though I check on my cactus daily, I haven't had yet the time to post more updates about my collection. In the future I promise I'll write a more in-dept...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Cereus peruvianus flowers: Update!

Hello guys! I'm back and I wanna share with you the one and only flower that succeeded on blooming. If you remember from my last post ( https://read.cash/@cactaceasml/cereus-peruvianus-flowers-a81f15d...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Cereus peruvianus flowers

Hi guys. Today I wanna share some pictures of one of my Cereus peruvianus cactus. I have three of them (and one tiiiiiny little pup that is still figthing to root). Two of them are currently growing...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Plant ID: Cryptanthus acaulis

Hi guys! Okey, today I wanna share a little bit more information about one of the plants I mentioned on earlier posts. Its the Cryptanthus acaulis. I personally like very much every cactus and some su...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

New plants

Hello guys. Today I wanna show you some new plants that I collected in the past weeks. Some are gifts, some where picked up from the streets. They are not stolen, I have the habit to look closely if t...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Succulent ID: Echeveria setosa green

Okay, it's been a while since I last posted. I got kinda busy with work. Today I wanna share with you a very beautiful succulent, but I don't have much information about it (and also photos, will upd...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Cactus ID: Echinopsis pachanoi (perhaps)

Okey, so first of all I wanna state that I'm not 100% sure that this is the correct ID for this cactus, but from reading from some books, searching the web and consulting some fellow cactus enthusiast...

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@cactaceasml · 3 years ago

Pot transplant

Hi! So, as you may have noticed, I'm a cactus enthusiast. I have a small collection but the specimens I have already produced some small pups. Several of them were already in their own pots, some in a...

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