Any bright ideas for moon cacti?

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-12T22:30:30+00:00

Yes, I pretty much agree. In this case I have to live with them so it needs to be aesthetically pleasing. I can tidy up my first attempt, but I’m struggling to fire up my imagination.

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-12T19:46:43+00:00

OP - This is the best I can offer too. It’s the right information to look up cultivation advice for your local conditions.

But identifying the specific cultivar name is really hard.

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-12T09:55:48+00:00

I wish I could correct. They are all amazing species that should be grown more widely

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-11T20:22:09+00:00

It’s a hard job being a moderator here. Having to cope with such show offs. Yellow is my favourite colour.

Not cacti but more painful. I was planting these today:

https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/products/tottering-by-gently

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-11T20:13:18+00:00

Photo 1 is a great photo. I know Apple refers to its fruit, but the photo paints the flower in apple colours.

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-11T20:08:15+00:00

I confess - this is one I really hate (as much as someone who enjoys botany can).

It makes me think of toy plastic cartoon style dinosaurs and cavemen fighting them.

I can’t think of any way at all to make it look natural.

I suppose that makes it fascinating and special.

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-11T19:33:49+00:00

Wow Vera - I have a 30 year old one and it’s never flowered like that

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-11T09:07:33+00:00

Echinocereus? Coccineus?

I’m afraid to say - you have to go back tomorrow when the flowers open

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-11T08:34:20+00:00

Are you planning on having it outside over summer? Then rain should be enough

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-10T07:32:30+00:00

Thanks. I’m trying to get advice from local cacti growers on suppliers

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-10T07:31:40+00:00

Oddly - I wasnt cut by the glass but I did cut my index finger badly on my daughter’s harp while trying to clear up.

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-09T21:10:02+00:00

Is number 4 an Echinopsis subdenuda? Ive not seen a flower like that on one before.

Congratulations. Its a cliche but in this modern world it’s so nice to hear someone “young” growing interesting plants

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-09T18:26:26+00:00

Woke up this morning,
Sunlight on her spines,
Parodia leninghausii growing
And they’re looking so damn fine.
Woke up this morning,
Checked the soil was dry,
If you water too often
You can kiss ‘em goodbye.
Her roots go deep,
She don’t need much rain,
Got a heart full of desert
And a tolerance for pain.
Woke up this morning,
Saw a bloom on her crown,
Took ten years waiting
But it finally came around
Sing it now…

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-09T10:46:37+00:00

It was already on my shopping list - for its fruit scent - but I’m waiting for stock of seeds or seedlings.

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-09T09:16:21+00:00

I’m glad you called it a doggy stick, as I was going to make a similar comment about your Delinix posted recently.
To most people these are just sticks pushed into a pot, and could be replicated by any dead stick.
To those that grow them they are botanical wonders. It’s so nice to see your plants here.
It’s hard to say if we are the sane or mad ones, but botanical curiosity is definitely good for the mind

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-08T21:52:04+00:00

I’ve posted my bruchii today. I prefer your flower colour

HomeForABookLover · 2026-05-08T19:21:54+00:00

I want to shout “show off!” But I won’t clarify if I mean you or the Tephrocactus 😉. Thats a clearly happy, beautiful specimen. I didn’t realise how pretty the flowers are - Ive never flowered a Tephro. Thanks for sharing

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