A little pain never hurt nobody.

_{Thelocactus hexaedrophorus}

I had to put up some shading for the sunny part of the balcony today where I keep all my cacti. Despite the common though that they do like sun, they also get sunburn easily. In their natural conditions most of them gets some protection from taller plants or rocks. Direct sun for hours is never a good thing.

The job took me about 15 minutes + another few to take all the spines out of my fingers.

Sure, I could move all the pots away and stay safe... but where is the fun? :p
_{(Am I right @bulldog-joy, am I right? ;p)}

_{Gymnocalycium mihanovichii}

That made me look for some of the evil ones and show them off. One of these days I will have to take some more photos. I normally pay attention to flowers, but the spines are pretty cool too! And some cacti I actually grow because they look nice when not in bloom.

_{Lobivia no ID}

This is one of the 3 I have with hooks. And they do what they were made for. They will attach to anything that touches them. To the point that I sometimes notice it only after I move my hand away and there is a little offshoot hanging from my fingers. It is not this one. Another Mammillaria does that. I will make a separate post about her one day, 'cause she fully deserves it.

_{Mammillaria bombycina}

_{Mammillaria bombycina}

_{Mammillaria magnimamma}

And then, among all those mean ones I have few like this, with spines so delicate and completely flat that it almost feels like a smooth surface.

_{Epithelantha micromeris}