Have I planted my cactus upside down (the ancestral Furby cactus!)

Post by **merry** » Thu Sep 29, 2022 8:34 pm

Well it wouldn't feel like home without this topic

This was Furby's picture from last year. The Ancestral Furby Cactus is on the right. I grew a clone of this from a leaf she sent me. Mine is still alive but looks a little mistreated this year

STPD · Post by **STPD** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 7:36 pm

This is lovely. And reminds me that my ancestral leaf did not come to much...we must try that again?!

Post by **merry** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 7:48 pm

Haha we MUST! it was a total turkey! I don't know why, we did the rooting powder and so on and you have 'spiky green fingers' where cacti are concerned?! 8-)

Furby · Post by **Furby** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 4:58 pm

This is the updated cactus photo for 2022. The above photo was showing the other cactus in flower I think. Ancestral cactus seems to have settled on being just a Christmas cactus and the other one does more equinoxes as chosen by it. I will do a Christmas cactus photo if it flowers at Xmas. It has some pink leaves at the moment so it's plotting something.

Post by **merry** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:19 pm

'plotting something'

I am glad you posted an up to date cactus pic. This topic matters.

Ancestral cactus seems to have settled on being just a Christmas cactus and the other one does more equinoxes as chosen by it.

Brilliant.

Furby · Post by **Furby** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:05 am

This is what ancestral cactus was up to. It has spread out and now has lots of flowers. It's nearly Xmas and it knows. I have had to move it from the windowsill as it was getting squashed and bending it's arms. It's not as light on the ottoman but hasn't stopped it's many flowers so doesn't seem to mind being there.

Post by **merry** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 10:59 am

And here's mine - its twin! They really do know when it's Christmas!

Furby · Post by **Furby** » Wed Dec 07, 2022 6:03 am

My ancestral xmas cactus has started getting wooden leaves at the soil edge which is what happened to it last time before it died. So I will have to replant the green bits in spring and hope for its survival.

Other Cactus just drops off a branch of its green leaves and doesnt seem to go wooden much but its green leaves do grow when re planted. It waits until I am not looking and I find a branch of fallen green leaves just waiting there. It has two descendants now. But no flowers on any of them for Xmas.

Post by **merry** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:00 pm

Mine has got those wooden bits too!

When you replant your green bits post in here to remind me to try the same thing!

We cannot lose the Ancestral Furby Cactus!

Post by **merry** » Wed Dec 27, 2023 3:26 pm

The Ancestral Furby Cactus is covered in beautiful pink blooms and has been throughout December. The leaves don't look wonderful but they didn't last year, either.

Furby · Post by **Furby** » Wed Dec 27, 2023 9:55 pm

I haven't got a single one flower this year or any on the other more modern cactus either. So nice to see merrys has flowers this xmas. Maybe it's the shock of moved location but another cactus in a different room hasn't flowers either. I didn't repot but Its no longer on the windowsill due to growing too big but the other cactus in a different room which wasn't moved also has no flowers so must be Furby house this year.

Post by **merry** » Thu Dec 28, 2023 9:49 pm

Oh Furby what a shame.

My phone thought my pic would look prettier like this, and I agree

Furby · Post by **Furby** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 4:33 am

I put my picture in xmas photos so copied it here for records so if we are all still alive next year I can check back.

I have moved the smallest other cactus back to the bathroom window to see if it helps but probably too late for this year.