Hybrid Mode 01 said:
Sadly, I forgot these outside for too long this past fall and every single one of these froze and died except for my Christmas cactus that was inside. I was super bummed when I realized what I did. I had some of these for 10+ years now.U)<now said:Funny that a lot of us are into Cacti also. I actually posted a pic of mine in my glog last year.
I have several varieties. I'm not sure what most of them are though.
My grandpa had this ball type cactus that was about 75lbs total and had completely grown over the pot it was in. He says his original would be 30 plus years old now. About maybe 8 to 10 years ago I took roughly 12 or so balls from it and planted them. He broke most of it up shortly after. They have done well, but I've never gotten them to flower, they grow 6 to 8 in stems and have these big (5") pink flowers on the stems once per year for him.
Here are mine now, plus the original they came off of and pic of it flowering...
For him, they were more ball shaped, for me, they are all elongated.
Here is the original mine came off of...
Here are the rest of my others..
I had 2 or 3 others also, but lost them a few years ago. They are in my basement right now, but go outside during the summer months.
That thing is amazing! I need to see if I can find one locally or order a cutting from somewhere online.Muckyai said:Put a little fertilizer on the desert rose.. lots of blooming going on. These plants are beautiful and like Steven Segal... They are hard to kill. [emoji3]
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Say, how did you get that cactus to bloom? I think I have the same type that is pretty old and never flowered.U)<now said:Sadly, I forgot these outside for too long this past fall and every single one of these froze and died except for my Christmas cactus that was inside. I was super bummed when I realized what I did. I had some of these for 10+ years now.
I did go snag a few more of the ball type cacti (Echinopsis) from my Grandpa this week though and he also gave me a cutting (I say cutting, but he rooted and planted it last season, so it's not really a cutting any more) from his Plumeria tree while I was there. I didnt take any pics yet, but I'll get some tomorrow and upload. Starting my collection over again.
His Echinopsis was flowering a bit while I was there so I did get a pic of that though...
Say, how did you get that cactus to bloom? I think I have the same type that is pretty old and never flowered.U)<now said:Sadly, I forgot these outside for too long this past fall and every single one of these froze and died except for my Christmas cactus that was inside. I was super bummed when I realized what I did. I had some of these for 10+ years now.
I did go snag a few more of the ball type cacti (Echinopsis) from my Grandpa this week though and he also gave me a cutting (I say cutting, but he rooted and planted it last season, so it's not really a cutting any more) from his Plumeria tree while I was there. I didnt take any pics yet, but I'll get some tomorrow and upload. Starting my collection over again.
His Echinopsis was flowering a bit while I was there so I did get a pic of that though...
Say, how did you get that cactus to bloom? I think I have the same type that is pretty old and never flowered.U)<now said:Sadly, I forgot these outside for too long this past fall and every single one of these froze and died except for my Christmas cactus that was inside. I was super bummed when I realized what I did. I had some of these for 10+ years now.
I did go snag a few more of the ball type cacti (Echinopsis) from my Grandpa this week though and he also gave me a cutting (I say cutting, but he rooted and planted it last season, so it's not really a cutting any more) from his Plumeria tree while I was there. I didnt take any pics yet, but I'll get some tomorrow and upload. Starting my collection over again.
His Echinopsis was flowering a bit while I was there so I did get a pic of that though...
Say, how did you get that cactus to bloom? I think I have the same type that is pretty old and never flowered.U)<now said:Sadly, I forgot these outside for too long this past fall and every single one of these froze and died except for my Christmas cactus that was inside. I was super bummed when I realized what I did. I had some of these for 10+ years now.
I did go snag a few more of the ball type cacti (Echinopsis) from my Grandpa this week though and he also gave me a cutting (I say cutting, but he rooted and planted it last season, so it's not really a cutting any more) from his Plumeria tree while I was there. I didnt take any pics yet, but I'll get some tomorrow and upload. Starting my collection over again.
His Echinopsis was flowering a bit while I was there so I did get a pic of that though...
Say, how did you get that cactus to bloom? I think I have the same type that is pretty old and never flowered.U)<now said:Sadly, I forgot these outside for too long this past fall and every single one of these froze and died except for my Christmas cactus that was inside. I was super bummed when I realized what I did. I had some of these for 10+ years now.
I did go snag a few more of the ball type cacti (Echinopsis) from my Grandpa this week though and he also gave me a cutting (I say cutting, but he rooted and planted it last season, so it's not really a cutting any more) from his Plumeria tree while I was there. I didnt take any pics yet, but I'll get some tomorrow and upload. Starting my collection over again.
His Echinopsis was flowering a bit while I was there so I did get a pic of that though...
Say, how did you get that cactus to bloom? I think I have the same type that is pretty old and never flowered.U)<now said:Sadly, I forgot these outside for too long this past fall and every single one of these froze and died except for my Christmas cactus that was inside. I was super bummed when I realized what I did. I had some of these for 10+ years now.
I did go snag a few more of the ball type cacti (Echinopsis) from my Grandpa this week though and he also gave me a cutting (I say cutting, but he rooted and planted it last season, so it's not really a cutting any more) from his Plumeria tree while I was there. I didnt take any pics yet, but I'll get some tomorrow and upload. Starting my collection over again.
His Echinopsis was flowering a bit while I was there so I did get a pic of that though...
Say, how did you get that cactus to bloom? I think I have the same type that is pretty old and never flowered.U)<now said:Sadly, I forgot these outside for too long this past fall and every single one of these froze and died except for my Christmas cactus that was inside. I was super bummed when I realized what I did. I had some of these for 10+ years now.
I did go snag a few more of the ball type cacti (Echinopsis) from my Grandpa this week though and he also gave me a cutting (I say cutting, but he rooted and planted it last season, so it's not really a cutting any more) from his Plumeria tree while I was there. I didnt take any pics yet, but I'll get some tomorrow and upload. Starting my collection over again.
His Echinopsis was flowering a bit while I was there so I did get a pic of that though...
Say, how did you get that cactus to bloom? I think I have the same type that is pretty old and never flowered.U)<now said:Sadly, I forgot these outside for too long this past fall and every single one of these froze and died except for my Christmas cactus that was inside. I was super bummed when I realized what I did. I had some of these for 10+ years now.
I did go snag a few more of the ball type cacti (Echinopsis) from my Grandpa this week though and he also gave me a cutting (I say cutting, but he rooted and planted it last season, so it's not really a cutting any more) from his Plumeria tree while I was there. I didnt take any pics yet, but I'll get some tomorrow and upload. Starting my collection over again.
His Echinopsis was flowering a bit while I was there so I did get a pic of that though...
Say, how did you get that cactus to bloom? I think I have the same type that is pretty old and never flowered.U)<now said:Sadly, I forgot these outside for too long this past fall and every single one of these froze and died except for my Christmas cactus that was inside. I was super bummed when I realized what I did. I had some of these for 10+ years now.
I did go snag a few more of the ball type cacti (Echinopsis) from my Grandpa this week though and he also gave me a cutting (I say cutting, but he rooted and planted it last season, so it's not really a cutting any more) from his Plumeria tree while I was there. I didnt take any pics yet, but I'll get some tomorrow and upload. Starting my collection over again.
His Echinopsis was flowering a bit while I was there so I did get a pic of that though...
I had my previous ones for over 10 years and they never flowered either. My Grandpa's flowers every year. He doesn't do anything special... he says just leaves it alone and gives it some miracle grow once in a while, lol.Muckyai said:
Muckyai said:
Yes, I cant believe I forgot to mention that!... Giving cacti a dry dormant period in the winter is probably the most important thing you can do to get them to flower. Normally these one my grandpa and I have don't flower until around August. This year they flowered a bit early.Hybrid Mode 01 said:
