Bom Bom the Cacti: Echinopsis

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.

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Echinopsis subdenudatum

Echinopsis subdenudatum

Brought on November 2010, still do not know why I brought this species as it was not in the list of my 'favourite plants' but nevertheless I still love it! It was so easy to report even without gloves and the growth rate should be pretty fast.

The second picture was taken on January 2011 for a better picture. There was a significant drop in the soil level.