My GreenHouse Build.

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Mikethecactusguy ; You have quite a collection! :) Beautiful flowers on the Opuntia! The pencil cholla, what a great fence they would make! 😃 Have to say that the spines are more impressing than the flower but fun to see the flower. Must be interesting to repot such a plant..
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Unfortunately the Pencil Cholla grow into a very bushy plant. The segments break off easily like most segment plants. The flowers are impressive for me since these were cuttings 4 yrs ago. Here's another flower from today.
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Some additional blooms from today.
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I cleaned out Home Depot of Living Stones
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Three active Melocactus
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Crests and Montrosa
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Good evening Mike,

your plants are getting more and more and more and more beautiful! Bravo!

You can never have enough lithops ( and Pleiospilos ). . .
Such wonderful little plants - beautiful when they bloom, but also always beautiful with their various colorings and designs.

Best regards dear friend,

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My wife asked me when will I feel I have enough plants. As long as I keep finding unique plants, the collection will continue to grow.
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The gems amongst the ordinary at Home Depot. 2- Trichocereus Pachanoi Cristata and a Echinocactus Grusonii var Albispinus or white spined golden barrel.
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2 years ago I thought I had killed this Melo when it got sunburned. It did start to grow but really lopsided. Well, all is good. My first melo to mature and start to grow a cepheleum under my care.
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I transplanted Mickey Mouse to a very large bowl 30 days ago. He's happy. All the new "ears" have been growing.
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6 months ago I took 2 cutting of these cereus from a clients yard. They roots over a 2 month period. One has bloomed twice over the past 2 weeks.
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Nice Mike. Glad you have the space for the big guys. I have to stay small.
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Today were 2 special finds. This scarlet ball and the peyote both flowered last month. It appears that they both are going fruit. yes?
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