r/cactus May 26 '23

COTW Cactus of the week #5 - Ariocarpus bravoanus - @RSlashCactus

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r/cactus Jan 17 '26

PSA Mods needed!

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Hi everyone! I am nowhere near as active as I used to be on here. I still love cactus, and love the sub, but am in need of some extra hands to help keep this place cool!

If anyone has any interest, please DM me!


r/cactus 13h ago

"Leave no trace" inspired lophophora habitat style staging

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633 Upvotes

I made this bowl a while ago with some copiapoa but updated it with a couple of lophs. In a couple of weeks I'm entering it into a BCSS show where for the very first time there will be a dedicated habitat style class.


r/cactus 4h ago

Happy Astros

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119 Upvotes

Lovely Beauties🌵☀️🌼


r/cactus 6h ago

Love this trick for stubborn cacti

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124 Upvotes

This guy did not want to push roots in soil, cut it back, waited a week to callus and placed it in water 2 days ago!


r/cactus 2h ago

Beautiful pic I took in Arizona I wanted to share

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30 Upvotes

r/cactus 4h ago

Monsoon blooms

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35 Upvotes

r/cactus 2h ago

ID Request

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Inherited this from a customer at my work, an older man who is moving into assisted living and sadly won’t have enough light for it. He asked me if I would be willing to take it on and obviously I couldn’t refuse-but am wondering about the species. I am confident it is a myrtillocactus but it’s growing so bizarrely I am wondering if anyone has thoughts on it. Also wanted to note that this man grew this thing inside and said he’s owned it for decades which is nuts to me.

I am so honored to be taking on this plant, I own a little over 20 cacti myself-not counting my epiphytic cacti, and really want to know as much as I can about it as I can.

Side note it weighs a bajillion pounds and getting it out of his home and into my apartment (I live on the top floor of my building and there is no elevator) was by no means an easy feat


r/cactus 3h ago

Tephrocactus is becoming a favourite

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25 Upvotes

r/cactus 2h ago

Thats a lot of balls

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15 Upvotes

r/cactus 5h ago

1 Year and 3 Months from Seed

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23 Upvotes

r/cactus 5h ago

From trash to new growth in 30 days

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Last month I saw this prickly pear laying on its back in a trash pile and wanted to see it come back to life. I let it sit for a couple weeks and potted it beginning July. I watered it after 2 weeks and boom. New growth.


r/cactus 42m ago

Can you guess what flower this is from

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credit to sacred_rice_1473 for thinking of this idea!


r/cactus 44m ago

Peak summer blooms!

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We all know some cacti don’t bloom every year, patient rewarded.


r/cactus 1h ago

Can you guess what flower this is from my yard

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Wait till I see a few guesses before I post a picture


r/cactus 6h ago

Bruce's Dragon and heart break...

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Went to repot my baby Bruce's dragon because it was sort of etiolating and the mix it was in didn't seem great, plus I just like knowing exactly what the mix is ya know? Found this and I'm heart broken. This looks hella bad to me. Should I cut this above the dark spot and reroot? Should I just put in a grittier mix and pray? I love this thing and I'd hate to lose it. I suck at this. 😂


r/cactus 20h ago

It started!

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164 Upvotes

My large 16inch ferocactus opened its first bloom today. Can't wait to see multiple open simultaneously


r/cactus 52m ago

Did this flower bud abort?

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I was away for some days and it turned red out of nowhere, it used to look like the one on the second photo before.


r/cactus 1d ago

So my mom had this cactus...

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The first picture is from 2017 (taken from mom's Facebook). In 2021 the Great Texas Freeze took out most of our plants. Some recovered, but the majority of hers (all cacti) were goners. This thing had a large branch fall and take root and TOOK OFF between 2017 and 2021 so it was taking over this bed, but we can't find any pictures! And sadly we can't find any pictures of it blooming (though I know there were some!). Over the years she's been slowly removing its dead body and taking it to the curb or putting what she could in the trash. Recently she had me come help her clean out the cactus bed and remove the leftover stump that had been sitting untouched for almost 2 years. That's when I discovered that it had babies! So we potted them up and maybe one day, 10-20 years from now, it'll be back to it's former glory 🥲 (just not here because she plans on moving!)


r/cactus 8h ago

Baby Opuntia humifusa with its massive succulent cotyledons

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14 Upvotes

r/cactus 1d ago

What does this mean?

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732 Upvotes

Is he trying to say hi?


r/cactus 2h ago

Hey lil' mama got cactus over here. San Pedro x 11

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10 ordered 11 arrived and 11 have appeared. First cactus grow from seed. They're supposed to be san pedro from a cactus farm in Arizona. I have 3 named cultivars already from my fellow redditors so these are more for the experience. I have no idea what a sprout should look like. Any advice for these little jelly beans?


r/cactus 2h ago

Can anyone help me determine if these are variegated or not? They’ve all held steady with their color and are not mushy.

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r/cactus 11h ago

Leaning Astro

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Can anyone enlighten me as to why my astrophytum is leaning? Just a couple of months ago it was still erected straight. I’m scratching my brain just for an answer


r/cactus 34m ago

Etiolated

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Just recently moved the little ones to a window, and the larger one outside. Should I cut the new growth off them or just leave it?