by Jen Greene | Aug 14, 2024 | Cacti
You ever decide to get a cactus on a whim, just because it was there, you were first, and there was only one? That’s how I ended up with my Obregonia denigrii. It was peak COVID season, the plant bubble was looming large, and like everyone else, I was stuck at...
by Jen Greene | Jul 31, 2024 | Cacti
I was drawn to these as young plants because of their glittery stem coloration, a look that’s almost like a matte green with a light coating of glitter to make them almost sparkle in sunlight. As with the other small, globular plant species I enjoy, these also...
by Jen Greene | Jul 24, 2024 | Cacti
I only took home a little Mammillaria matudae as a result of wholesaling so many cacti during COVID – it wasn’t a cactus I was initially all that excited about. The only thing that did tickle me was that it was a “thumb cactus” – how...
by Jen Greene | Jul 17, 2024 | Cacti, Copiapoa
The diminutive Copiapoa laui is the smallest species in the Copiapoa genus, an attractive little clumping species that is enormously underrated. As far as Copiapoa go, this is one of the faster growing species, making them ideal for the impatient among us who want...
by Jen Greene | Jul 10, 2024 | Cacti
I first wrote about this cactus back in 2020, detailing a happy little import I’d had for about a year at that point. While my early post and guidance for growing them was good enough, I had only been growing the plant for one year, and hadn’t yet imported...
by Jen Greene | Jul 4, 2024 | Cacti
If you’re new to cactus collecting, or even if you’re not, you’ve likely discovered the glorious purple paddle cacti. You might have seen them labeled as purple prickly pear, purple cactus, whatever it may be – but did you know there’s...
