Tommy Posted May 17, 2022 Report Share Posted May 17, 2022 I just think cactus flowers are amazing.. These two have these red flowers most I have seen at one time. 👍 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted May 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2022 More for ya .. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted May 17, 2022 Report Share Posted May 17, 2022 I'm going to be buying a couple of them next time I'm at Walmart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 My mother gave me a cactus once. I was living in Oklahoma. She brought it up from South Texas. I felt so guilty for not loving it. I didn't love any plants at the time, but I wasn't bringing them home with me. I had no idea what to do with a cactus in my dorm room. Your flowers are beautiful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marbleized Posted May 23, 2022 Report Share Posted May 23, 2022 I used to have a collection of cacti, but when I moved they weren't to thrilled. I think I'm the only one who actually killed a bunch of cacti. I really felt bad. A few did survive, and I made sure that I gave them to someone who lived in an environment they were used to. Cactus and their flowers are amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted May 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 On 5/18/2022 at 6:46 AM, Steph said: My mother gave me a cactus once. I was living in Oklahoma. She brought it up from South Texas. I felt so guilty for not loving it. I didn't love any plants at the time, but I wasn't bringing them home with me. I had no idea what to do with a cactus in my dorm room. Your flowers are beautiful. Thank you Steph 👍 I wish it would rain here after about a week allot of the cactus out in the wild bloom ...I will get a pic if it ever rains here😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelersMibs Posted August 3, 2022 Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 @Tommy did you know that the bananas from the Yucca are edible? Also, the roots can be broken down and woven into a very sturdy fiber worthy of being used as sandals in the dessert. Awesome cactus flower pics BTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Roberto Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 CAC...tus https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=45800&p=371706&hilit=cactus#p371706 https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=45789&p=335463&hilit=cactus#p335463 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Roberto Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 Update of the first catus of the second link 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 Wow. Beautiful. Because of the flowers, I got into cacti for a short while back in the 70s. Made a fatal mistake. Although I always used gloves when planting them, one time I didn`t, because it looked like it was covered in soft fuzz. Felt soft when I picked it up and planted it. Didn`t realize how stupid I had been until I touched something else with my left (cactus-holding) hand. Yipped and then started howling. Took my father over an hour with tweezers and a strong light to pick out all the almost-microscopic barbs. End of my cactus-owning career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Roberto Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 Yes, there are many cacti that you can safely touch even without gloves since, either they are without thorns (not all cacti have them) or they are small and curved, therefore harmless, or they can have large and pointed thorns but if touched gently they do not cause any damage. Sometimes, I like to touch their thorns with my whole hand (gently, of course) to feel their protection. The only plants that I never touch are the prickly pear, since (as I mentioned in the thread above) they have very small and tiny transparent thorns called "glochids" that if they come into contact with the skin they can hardly be removed, even with tweezers! In fact, I don't grow prickly pear very much, precisely for this reason. Anyway, for all the other cacti there is absolutely no problem, since I keep pointed tweezers (needle, professional steel) so that if they accidentally get into the skin of my hand, I can easily remove them using a glasses lens,.... it's all about being prepared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Roberto Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 I have owned the last one for twenty years, when I bought it it was small 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 Those are seriously amazing. Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Roberto Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 Thanks Anna! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted September 5, 2022 Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 Them's some nice cacti Roby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Roberto Posted September 5, 2022 Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Chad G. said: Sono dei simpatici cactus Roby Hi Chad,.... yes, my other passion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted September 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 6:01 AM, Da Roberto said: I have owned the last one for twenty years, when I bought it it was small Beautiful .....love cactus...nice ones ...👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tommy Posted September 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2022 Here are some of my beauties 😁 ...no flowers at the moment.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Da Roberto Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 Good Tommy specimens. For the moment I do not own those with wool "old man's head"..... in Italian ( Cephalocereus senilis) but I will buy them. I see that you have some variegated, (yellow, since they are free of chlorophyll) rather delicate to grow, especially frank, usually they sell them grafted. I have one similar to your first, I think it is from the family "Echinocactus" long plug, while mine has white thorns Correct, yours must be a sferocactus with those pinkish spines, but always long-plug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Roberto Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 5 hours ago, Da Roberto said: Beautiful Roby !! The flower blooms in first pic looks almost unreal I think maybe I'm gonna give growing some cacti a whirl ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 Wear gloves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Roberto Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Chad G. said: Bellissimo Roby!! Il fiore che sboccia nella prima foto sembra quasi irreale , penso che forse darò un vortice alla crescita di alcuni cactus ?? Hi Chad, yes in spring and (generally) early summer, they make a blast of very beautiful flowers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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