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 will ever fully bloom. Here is a picture from two weeks ago: I checked on it daily. I sure was surprised on the 1st of January when I went to look on my plants. As soon as I walked out to the balcony I saw an orange bright thing that immediately caught my…
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 they push me to the edge of madness, but overall they are really precious if handled correctly. Being impatient pulls me toward a goal, as I'm very stubborn when trying to achieve something. I don't sit around and wait for it to fall from the skies, but rather seek a way…
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 collecting only cactus, not succulents in general. I felt attracted to the spikes and the "don't touch me" look. But slowly I grew to like a bit more a more wide range of succulents in general, having now in my personal collection a Stapelia…
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 must admit there are some "survival scars" that perhaps lowers its true appealing potential, but hey... they do tell a story. A story of How My Owner Almost Killed Me kind of story haha. So... to make the long story short: I received this cactus…
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, as it has both sentimental value and because it is beautiful af. The species' name is Echinopsis chamacereus, or as I like to call it "Fingers". I got them in 2 batches. The first one was also one of the first to…
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 to see little changes on the plants but when you check past photos then it hits you how much they've grown... For instance, here is a pic from last summer: If you've read past posts of mine, you'll know that at first I was…
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