Tag: cactus

A bold boi Opuntia in fruit in the rock garden of Cuddy Gardens.

The other Opuntia species/cultivars in this garden pale in comparison to this variety. The native O. humifusa does not have THIS kind of size or boldness. Amazing such a bold variety/species is winter hardy in Canada.

“But Gato, did you grab any of the Opuntia fruit?”

Sad to say my self preservation from their glochids strongly overrides my seed harvesting/germinating obsessions. Prickly oriental poppies will be enough pain in my future in my greenhouse.

First Houseplant rebloomings
Photographed November 31st 2017

Schlumbergera truncata and Clivia minata did a rush of floral growth since their new room finally got heating for the winter. Funnily the S. truncatas I have began their flower openings around American Thanksgiving (making them for once live up to their common name of Thanksgiving Cactus, normally mine bloom around January), though the yellow flowered form took the lead/show of them all. Sadly there will not be any red Schlumbergera flowers this year as it was one of the few plants that perished from the previous neglect drought. I’m going to have to keep track of what other floral forms have perished before I begin to replace them. I’m nonetheless happy that at least the yellow form is doing well, especially when you consider the fact that it was once considered a far less vigorous colour form/hybrid in the indoor garden market.