Around the Garden - January 6, 2018 - Cactus Flowers

Today saw several cactus blooming -

And it seems that fuchsia is the color of the day - can't complain about that!!!

Grow Out Bin

Cuttings are pretty easy to come by, but real estate to grow them out is pretty limited.  Instead of planting each of these cuttings in a separate pot, I'm using a shallow, wide pot to get them rooted (and give me more time to build out more plant benches).

The cuttings came from the Echinopsis calchlora I have that's been shooting out pups, the Mammillaria tetrancistra, a Mammillaria gracilis, a couple of unidentified Opuntia (Beavertail, basilaris and Snow, aciculata), and an Echinopsis chamaecereus.

Here's an updated picture with the other Opuntia

Mammillaria vetula subsp gracilis

This post is for future reference for identification and growth. It is another plant I picked up at the last CSSH meeting.

    

 La has asked me to stay away from cacti - but the pickings at the meeting were slim and this one is pretty small so I think I can get away with having it around.