The cacti obsession is real

[ProjectPete]

My obsession with cacti and succulents hasn't wavered and I'm struggling to get my hands on some of the rarities I desire. Here are a few of my mates.

     

Are there any Perth/WA members here that can recommend good/secret suppliers in WA? I've got a few good spots but I'm always looking for more with a particular interest in the rare and exotic.

I'm also after some large and healthy cacti for my pool area. I have large San Pedro and would like some blue variety as well as another large Candelabra and a Saguaro if possible.

[gippslandhome]

This will make your mouth water @ProjectPete 

 

 

 

 

[ProjectPete]

I like the look of those timber blocks @gippslandhome. Definitely keen to make some of those up for my smaller ones.

[Former Workshop member]

front yard cacti, the birdbath, and some overwintering mates in the alfresco - need to put them out soon! Please ignore my weeds!

[ProjectPete]

Always nice to see a GB in the mix @Former Workshop member  My friend has been growing some from seeds. I'm picking up another one soon, going for the white-spined version though.

[Former Workshop member]

@ProjectPete

Yeah, I really fancy the Golden Barrels. That's from a woman who loves English cottage gardens, mind you, but that was never gonna happen in coastal Adelaide. I've started to love the cacti and succulents now. All from refusing to be a slave to the garden.

I have some GB seeds hanging about somewhere, but we were building so they're 'on hold' somewhere in the shuffle. 

Hubby was never quite convinced until he walked out there one evening and all the cacti had haloes from the westering sun in their spines... now he's a believer!

So once the bug bites, then you have to have everything! My pride and joy is a rat's tail cactus hanging in the back - a thin one, not the big fuzzy one...

[Former Workshop member]

Just realised I'd said most of that in an earlier post - never can keep up with which cactus person I'm talking to! I really like your big tall ones, but I'll have to wait for mine to grow. Here's to kicking back for the next 20 yrs until they do!

[Former Workshop member]

@ProjectPete 

Hosting a party week after next - thought I better start jazzing up the succulent planters, lol. A small sample

[ProjectPete]

@Former Workshop member Patience is definitely critical in growing cacti, unlike my indoor tropical plants (Monstera, Thai Constellation, Fiddle Leaf Fig, etc) which just grow like crazy

[Former Workshop member]

@ProjectPete, oh gosh - monstera... I'd love one. Gotta go looking - I hear the fruit of one form is really tasty?

I mostly keep the sansevieria and zamioculcas inside... indestructible. I have a pothos snow queen and a vanilla planifolia orchid - also indestructible.

I keep elephant's ear (the big colocasia) in the alfresco and the porch along with the fatsia japonica - they grow like we're on a nuclear waste dump, just mutant-style rampant and I grow the purple tradescantia underneath in the pots. I'll put them in the garden beds under the pergola as soon as I get the shade cloth up. Which needs doing right now... my only hope of growing a hydrangea! I'll try to create a micro-climate with the hardy tropicals for it.

I just ordered Echeverias!

'Fire Opal' 'Paul Bunyan' 'Zorro' and 'Strawberry Paddle' - I'll post pics when they arrive. The Succulent Garden had a 50% off sale as they're being sold, themselves. I got lucky to get large ones for the price of small.

[Former Workshop member]

@ProjectPete 

Found anything else?

Saved this pachypodium dude from certain death at BW today... potted into a much more free draining mix. He was very exxy, but so worth it, he looks happier already. It's in a fairly light inner pot, so I can move it indoors in winter - had to drill holes in the outer ceramic pot, so made an afternoon of it, drilling holes in all the things I had in mind for planters.

My background mess is growing - I feel I've done nothing but potting everlastingly, over the last couple of weeks or so. Gotta sweep and karcher, but not until it's over, lol. Spring is a potty time for the succulent hordes...

Adelaide is hosting Succulenticon convention next year in October - can't wait!