...Christmas and Easter Cacti Enough to Own a Bazillion of Them
A few weeks ago (probably more around a couple months), I planted a total of twelve Easter Cacti cuttings. Having heard the trouble that Easter Cacti can give people, in terms of taking to their new soil homes, I thought that maybe, just maybe, a few of them would die off before they'd all settled in. I was badly mistaken.
After ages of neglect and sparse watering, my Easter Cacti plant pups are thriving in their containers, and all but one of them have signs of new growth (from one to four leaves, each). This means I have, to date, 1 rehomed Easter Cactus, 12 planted Easter Cacti, 1 planted Christmas Cacti, a handful of Christmas Cacti cuttings, and several handfuls of Easter Cacti cuttings. The Christmas Cacti cuttings already want their starter homes, but have to wait until I get my hands on another bag of cactus soil, the Easter Cacti cuttings are getting there, too, but I'm deluding myself into thinking they don't quite need planting, yet, because I already have Easter Cacti out my ears (and spiderplants out my ears, and syngonium out my ears, and cape ivy out my ears . . .).
Tomorrow is a Sunday, and I'll be headed to a local church. One of my cacti has a home waiting for it, in the form of a person I alerted to the existence of these cacti before they were planted. I wanted to wait and see how well they rooted in the soil before passing any on, so I don't know if they're expecting their green friend, tomorrow. I'm also bringing a giftplant spiderplant, for a family I had been meaning to give one for awhile, and three other Easter Cacti I'm hoping to have off my hands before I leave the church building.
If I plant anymore Syngonium, I'm going to have to put a few of them up for adoption, too. For now, all the planted Syngonium (and my pothos plants) all fit on one, wide shelftop. Once the Syngonium completely take over my shelftop, it's probably time to say goodbye to a few.
Signing off . . . |
Current Plant Wishlist:
*Heartleaf Philodendron
*Tillandsia Xenographica
*Bonnie Spiderplant
*Variegated Bonnie Spiderplant
*Hawaiian Spiderplant
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