by Jen Greene | Jul 4, 2023 | Cacti, Succulents, Tropical Plants
Apologies to anyone who typically visits my blog each week, eager to see a new post about a new plant, or an update to existing specimens. The last couple months have had a lot of chaos happening for me personally, and I needed to take a step back from writing so I...
by Jen Greene | May 16, 2023 | Cacti, Echinocereus
I originally picked these up intending purely to resell all of them, but was so enchanted by the flowers when they bloomed before I could list them that I ended up keeping two. They’re attractive even without the blooms, and a small enough size that...
by Jen Greene | Apr 18, 2023 | Cacti, Gymnocalycium
I have a bad habit of scrolling through Etsy or Instagram, looking for Gymnocalycium species I don’t have yet. These were from a seller that had quite a few Gymnocalcyium, all seed grown, and I decided to snag them even though I’d never heard of the...
by Jen Greene | Apr 4, 2023 | Cacti, Gymnocalycium
This cute little cactus is one of the first Gymnocalycium species I ever took home – excluding the ubiquitous Moon Cactus, of course. It was my first foray into less common cactus species, and I was enamored with the deep red-pink color of the body. Little did...
by Jen Greene | Mar 21, 2023 | Cacti, Rebutia
These cacti are attractive, dense little plants that produce large displays of vivid, orange-yellow blooms throughout spring and early summer. I picked one up in late 2021, and have been enamored with the attractive, dense growth since. Distribution These are native...
by Jen Greene | Mar 7, 2023 | Astrophytum, Cacti
Many people love the Astrophytum myriostigma and its lack of spines (and many cultivars), but there’s a different cactus in the Astrophytum genus that holds my heart: Astrophytum capricorne. There are, as with the myriostigma, many cultivars and clones of this...
