Bom Bom the Cacti- An introduction




Hi, I am Cheryl from Singapore. I started to like cactus since I was in Primary School when I first brought a cactus- Echinopsis chanaecereus f. lueta during a school field trip because I just thought it looked like a Banana.

After that when I walked by a nursery beside a library which I go often, I brought more and more cactus and placed them outside my house. A grafted Parodia leninghausii was one of my collection. After buying it, I seperated the cactus from its graft and named it Bom Bom as it was so fat and round. I started to like it more and more.

Unfortunately, all of my collection was stolen one night and I was left with nothing. My fever for cactus died. However, it came back again when I was working for my school internship programme when I saw Bom Bom's imitation sitting on a windowstill and the cleaner aunty told me what this Parodia Leninghausii had went through.

I started to borrow books about cactus to learn more about it and saw the wonderful pictures. They were so beautiful and unique and I decided to start a collection of my own.

Monday, January 31, 2011

Parodia Leninghausii that was not taken care of

No worries, the picture on the right is not a result of what my Parodia leninghausii has become. I brought the Parodia leninghausii on the right about a year ago.

I cannot really remember how it looked like a year back then, but it was definitely not like this. This was a result of not taking good care of it. After buying this poor cactus, I take care of it for a few months. As time goes by, I become more lazy and lazy and I forgot about it. It only received water once a month in this hot and humid weather here. Now comparing this two picture, I feel so ashamed and sorry for this poor plant.

The challenge is how do I save this plant now? It lost it's long golden spines, and it is now so 'skinny' and shivelled.
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