Cacti & Succulents Update Autumn 2023

[@denisesorchidparadise1411]

Great Succulent update, you have a wonderful collection

[@gcarson]

Thanks Denise!

[@yesidtac7863]

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[@gcarson]

Thanks!

[@lucythecat529]

It was nice to see your succulent collection. Your epiphyllums are doing great. Nice growth on them. Mealie bugs can be a pain. Not always easy to get rid of. I use End All for bugs too. Nice looking cacti too!!

[@gcarson]

Thanks Beverly! I just need them to bloom for me now 🤞

[@FernandaNascimentoOrchids]

Pretty extensive collection !! I love your Astrophytum asterias. Most epiphyllum prefer to be more shaded and humid. Mine only get sun late afternoon but I had to put my Epiphyllum oxypetallum in full sun to make it bloom. As a consequence it also has the washed out leaves. My Christmas cacti cannot stand much light, the leaves very often get red even in the shade...

[@gcarson]

Thank you! Yeah, I'm questioning now if I should just grow them all indoors next year. But that means I need to keep it under lights because I don't think it'll be bright enough :\

[@FernandaNascimentoOrchids]

@@gcarson Maybe you still could grow them outdoors if you get them sort of protected from the hottest direct sun by a curtain...

[@annavoeggia816]

That's so cool that you grew your Mammillaria from seeds. I don't have the best luck with Epiphyllum. I've killed so many, unfortunately. You have several cool ones.

[@gcarson]

Thank you! I've tried growing so many cacti and succulents from seed and I've only had that mamillaria and pseudorhipsalis succeed (so far). There's a channel called Epiphytic Cacti on youtube which has quite a big collection and of species I've never heard of, but kind of want to get now hahaha if I can find them.

[@annavoeggia816]

@gcarson Very cool! I wish you lots of success if you do decide to try more. 😊