Not that kind of cactus, but a cactus that was a christmas gift cactus.
Hello Peter,
Evidently my son and husband visited you a few weeks ago and picked up a little something for me for Christmas! Thanks for helping them make an excellent choice! I love my new, big, Cleistocactus, yay! For the two weeks prior to xmas, my daughter kept it in her apartment right by the couch. She watched it bloom and more buds get ready to bloom! You can see in the picture that Jack and Mike made a tall gift wrapped box for it. I had to wait for a while before I could “open” the box.
I will keep it just outside my kitchen window where I can see it every day…it’s near all my other cactus and succulents as well. Is there anything special I should know or do for it? It looks like it could use more red rock…oh, should I keep the supports tied around the four of them?
Perhaps I will visit you in the next month or two and redeem my cactus punch cards!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and Hap…
~Karen
A happy story indeed!
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March 5th, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Well i have this cacti, also a interesting story:
passed on to me via a goverment dept.
A man from South Australia an avid collector of succulents visted South America, he brought a cacti back (very similar to this one!)
he used to go out and just give it a slight spray of water once a week, then he noticed, really strange! the cacti was shaking! it stopped, but made a point of watching it the next time he sprayed it, the same thing happened! he decided to ring a friend who was also a collector, explained where he had got the plant from, his friend said I’ll ring you back, 1/2 hr later he did, said take your family out of the house , next thing these firefighters in protective suits turned up, next door neighbours had to be evacuated, fire men round the back, then “whoosh” all over! the cacti was full of huge spiders deadly!!! growing inside this cacti, and every time i water it I think:-)
March 6th, 2012 at 7:31 am
Nice story!