I ordered this Tephrocactus geometricus from Poland in 2016. This picture shows how it looked then. Tephrocactus1x.jpg In 2017 the bigger ball at the bottom started to soften, and so I removed the upper smaller ball and rooted it. Now in summer 2023 it has produced its first new ball! Considering ho...

About three or four years ago, the winter was extremely warm and wet. In spring the plants were very soft and looked rotten. Although also in previous years after very wet and rainy winters, the plants had been quite soft and dark but then had become hard and green again, this time I though that the...

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One small Opuntia fragilis 'Füssen' produced 23 buds this year. As I have written in detail before, it grows outdoors in a rockery without any protection in Finland. Last winter was very cold here (between -10 and -20 degrees Celsius for many weeks), but there was a lot of snow (about 1 meter) to pr...

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In spite of a little rain, the flower opened even more openly on the second day. You can see raindrops on the petals. I recall that the flowers do not open again on the third day.

My opuntias are growing outdoors in a rockery totally on their own. I don't protect them from weather in any way (rain or frost). Once in the summer, I give fertilizer added to the water, but otherwise I don't water them. From my previous writings, you can read more about how I have planted them (so...

Opuntia fragilis 'Füssen' opened its first flower today. They are still flowering in a rockery in Finland after many years. They grow totally unprotected and without any care. Last winter we had a lot of snow (about 1 meter), and temperature was between -10 and -20 Celsius for many weeks. Fussen35x....

Opuntia fragilis 'Füssen' is flowering in a rockery. I planted four opuntias in 2015, and they all produced a large number of flowers for many year. For example, in 2019 these four small plants produced about 100 flowers (see page 10). They have grown oudoors is a rockery without any shelter, protec...

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Thank you for your kind and friendly comments! :) Unfortunately, the flower withering was not shown in detail because I was sleeping at that time. When I bought this cutting on eBay, the seller assured that it was Selenicereus grandiflorus meaning that the flowers would be very fragrant. The mother-...