Cactus lovers/growers?

[Bikingmomof3]

Not so much cactus but DH brought me home a Verigated Agave a couple months ago. The grower at his nursery dug it up off the side of the road in West Texas and gave it to DH. It is quite spectacular and doesn't look like the ones you find in a nursery. I love the plant and it is completely low (no?) maintenance!

Ooooh it sounds wonderful! Do you have a picture? Please?

[bmccasland]

Now that I don't live in the southwest, I miss cactuses. I currently have a prickly pear that is not coping with the high humidity. Even though it's planted in sandy soil, I think it's rotting out from the bottom. But I did have blooms last month. Maybe I could keep a pincushion happy, and their halo of flowers is so cute.

On the otherhand, for the first time ever, I can grow African violets and ferns with no special care whatsoever.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I currently have a prickly pear that is not coping with the high humidity. Even though it's planted in sandy soil, I think it's rotting out from the bottom. But I did have blooms last month.

Wow, your prickly pear bloomed for you? Impressive. Did you take any pictures? Were they yellow flowers? Where did the plant come from when you got it?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Here is one of my cacti...a small 4" Gymnocalycium saglionis. I love the blue-ish color and way the new spines come out with a maroon tint.

[bmccasland]

Wow, your prickly pear bloomed for you? Impressive. Did you take any pictures? Were they yellow flowers? Where did the plant come from when you got it?

Lisa,
I bought it at a plant sale from our local botanical garden a couple of years ago. Yes, the flowers bloomed yellow. But no pictures. It's fairly small, only 4-5 inches in diameter.

Beth

[CycleTherapy]

I've got a bunch out in my yard...I can't take any credit though, they are native here in the desert ! The cactus wrens love to nest in the big Saguaro cactus.