It’s just the internet. Lemmy has features built in to reduce mod abuse like a public modlog anyone can view without logging in. IMO the reddit format was never good for discussing heated topics.
I should get one of these and build a little roof over it for zone 6b. The only other cactus I’m familiar with that’s tolerant of my conditions is eastern prickly pear.
Top: pollinated. Bottom, not.
You can tell by color and how plump the top one is behind the flower. Also, unpollinated flowers will fall off. I’m not a botanist so I can’t tell you what the parts of the flower are called.
I read that this cactus was not self-fertile but brushing the flowers together has produced fruit. It doesn’t mean the seed is viable but I will try down the line.
3 of my 8 eBay cuttings. 3 of which are 6’ tall, 2 which didn’t succeed and these 3 that are doing well but suffered some tip damage. These will get 10 or 15 gallon buckets with full trellis in the spring.
I remember Black Friday a couple years back, my friends and I buying multiple rapidstrikes for $25, ecstatically.
Now I can’t be motivated to buy it for $5.
Upvote for GPL license.
Pereskiopsis spathulata, available on eBay and from redditers. Depending on your climate maybe wait until it’s warm to buy any so they don’t freeze in shipping.
Got it, that makes sense. Ty.