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Very spiny.


Very spiny.

The cactus was left in the house when we came. It was in a round glass bowl and as the Cactus grew, developing a side shoot, the poor thing was getting squashed up against the glass. I had to break the bowl to rescue them and re-plant them.



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Lovely :)

11 Dec, 2008

 

Do you like cacti?

11 Dec, 2008

 

Ouch...but nice Spritz.

11 Dec, 2008

 

Re-planting it was EXTREMELY ouch, Pg!

11 Dec, 2008

amy
Amy
 

I have a few but I can,t get very excited about them , they don,t do much do they ! untill they bloom and then it,s special .........

11 Dec, 2008

 

Mine have never even LOOKED as if they might flower, Amy!
I don't really like them much, to be quite honest.

Now show me an orchid.... :-)

11 Dec, 2008

 

I like cacti. There are so many shapes and diferent types with diferent spines and colours..... I can't understand why people don't like them.
I have lots of plants I could really live without if I had to but not my cacti. I love them. lol You must think I'm a very sad person :o) Good job we're all diferent.

12 Dec, 2008

 

Hywel, I was hoping you might see my cacti photos and help me to give them names! Have you got any idea what the spherical one might be? It has a second sphere on its side which is growing each year.

12 Dec, 2008

 

I have some books I'll look at to try and identify it.

12 Dec, 2008

 

Thank you. The other one is tall-ish - about 6" now, and as you can see from its top view, (in the other photo) sort of ribbed with spines up the ribs.

12 Dec, 2008

 

I'll get back to you later.
I have to go out this morning but I'll have a look after I come back.

12 Dec, 2008

 

Spritz ~ your Cacti plants ~ have you owned them for a long time ?
Some people keep them for years.

12 Dec, 2008

 

Only the one that was given to me by a child in my class YEARS ago! The others were here when we moved in. I am just going to post the rest in the hope that Hywel can name them.

12 Dec, 2008

 

The spines on this one look thick and strong. I would say it's a type of Ferocactus. That's a characteristic of this group.
They start off round and get columnar with age.

16 Dec, 2008

 

I love cacti, cacti do not love me. I have killed cacti with kindness but a GOY member told me to ease off on the watering. You have some really lovely cacti photos.

24 Dec, 2008



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