So I was pottering about in the greenhouse , looking for a cactus that I knew I had in there somewhere .
My brother had sent me a picture of an enormous cactus in his collection . An Opuntia consolea falcata . Huge , a veritable whopper , standing at about 5ft tall and maybe even taller but he didn't get it all in the photo . Sadly I couldn't get the photo to upload on here . I will have another go later on . Anyway , this is said to be quite an endangered cactus .
See this link for some more great info about Opuntia consolea falcata -
http://llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/9724/Consolea_falcata
So after admiring my brothers cactus , I,m now thinking to myself , I used to have one of these up in my collection . . . .
If I still have it , then it will probably be in the furthest back corner with all the other most dangerous Opuntias . In the sunniest place ,but well out of harms way !
Sure enough , there it was ! You might want to look away now .
Oh dear.... not good ...half of it is all dried up and half of it has had rain dripping on it from the slipped window pane above and is now a dark green squishy segment of mush .
It looks as if I have somehow just been missing this poor thing out every time and for goodness knows how long .
I can see a very small segment in there though , which I may be able to save !
I gently pulled the nice green healthy looking segment away and was pleased to find that it has a couple of nice looking roots .
He's looking much happier already !
Hmmm ..... what do you think ?
Good luck - nothing ventured as they say
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue ! :) lol !
DeleteNever say never :)
ReplyDeleteLol ! Absolutely ! :)
DeleteDid he survive? Waiting for an update.
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