New Plant List

We just posted our new plant list for the nursery. The only way we're taking orders now is through the list and there's only a two week window of opportunity. You can check it out here. In the meantime, here's a photo from one of the greenhouses.

The good old "Rat Tail" cactus, although I don't really understand how that common name became attached to this plant. It doesn't look like any rat tail I've ever seen!

Aporocactus flagelliformis

This is the well-known "rat tail" cactus, though - in my opinion - it took a lot of imagination to find a "rat's tail" in these plants. Deceptively fuzzy looking on the growing tips, it's not really a "pettable", but, again, it's the prolific flowers which grab our attention.

Maybe I can find something of a different color than red tomorrow!
Tomorrow? Back to potting up plants for the show and sale on Saturday & Sunday.

Disocactus flagelliformis (Syn.: Aporocactus flagelliformis)

We've always known this as Aporocactus flagelliformis, but I understand it's now considered a Disocactus. It's hard to keep up with the lingo sometimes. But that's OK, since either name is correct. After all, that's what synonym means.

I've often said that it's good to have a magnifying glass at hand (or a close-up lens) in a nursery. That nice, almost fuzzy appearing, "rat-tail cactus" isn't fuzzy after all. It's wearing spurs.

But they're pretty spurs.

Enjoy your plants!