When I step into my cactus greenhouse and see Cactus flowers , my heart leaps for joy !
Although most of these cactus flowers only last a day , it is worth the wait .
The top one is an Echinopsis something or other and the lower one is an Optuntia something or other , the labels were lost long ago ..if anyone knows please do let me know so I can give them new labels .
This is one of the more gentle spineless Optuntias .
I can only detect the slightest hint of fresh lemony fragrance .
" The blob " --update ..... so I,m trying to get this thing to put out its lovely vine . I bought it at the Penzance Cactus and Succulents show maybe about 6 years ago ...or more . It has a vine with the prettiest leaves I ever did see . I just had to buy it ! It had no label the gentleman told me what it was at the time ,but by the time I got home I,d forgotten .
Once again , if anyone has any idea what this might be I,d be ever so grateful .
Anyway the vine died back over winter, it became dormant ....and then never woke up .
I,ve tried everything, only watering it a very little , putting it in to more sunny place , putting it into a more shady place .....so having not watered it at all over this winter I am now trying giving it lots of water . The water from my water but is actually quite warm from the morning sun , there actually isn't much water left in there we have had such a long drought now . So I have completely immersed it to really saturate the dry compost .
I only dunked it for a very short time .
I left it to drain before taking it back into the greenhouse .
Look at the picture below .
You can see that it is still green and has little pimples where I suppose the vine shoots come out from . Oh well , I put it back into the greenhouse amongst all its friends .
The water butt is now empty again .
Those are my leeks waiting to be planted out .Someone has stolen my Victorian Leek planting tool !
Oh dear ! Note to myself - Don't forget to water the hanging baskets !
Daisy Debs x
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