Again here, as they are friends of steemit, this time I want you to know my short collection of cacti or cactus, highlighting that they are wonderful plants, of care, like each of the living beings and that the magic of nature is reflected in its colorful and thorny species. Particularly I am very interested in the species that have many thorns, although there are others that are swollen and fleshy and with a great absence of them.
For some time, I was given the opportunity to have my own plants, since I was a girl I especially liked these plant species, I noticed that they had their own shield to defend themselves from any danger to their integrity, that's when I found several companions that They collected these species.
I learned a lot from it and from its care.
The cacti or cactus are original plants of America, are plants that do not have leaves are large accumulators of water, therefore do not require irrigation frequently. Their spines are because they serve as a great shield against predators who want to eat them. As I mentioned before the cactus or cacti some lack thorns such is the case of some species that its shape gives the impression of flowers with large petals, swollen and fleshy.
Their care is simple, dew their thorny bodies every eight days, and their roots every fifteen days, clean their bodies of some louse with a hyssop or a little pointy stick when merit, on the other hand when its fertilizer is low it is necessary to cover its roots.
Seven years ago a relative brought from Spain, Mayorca a cactus or nodal, whom he named mikie, nowadays it is a large and leafy cactus, rarely to fruition, then I show it to you. Its size has not expanded because it has been nicknamed and its base plateau is small because where I'm going, it goes with me.
Among the species that exist in Venezuela, I want to show you some that are imported, but because in my country we have diversity of climates, the perfect conditions are given so that they grow healthy and beautiful.
It is called The Hand of God.
(Ferocactus glaucescens) Called The Chair of the Mother-in-law.
(Monstrous cactus, Cactus encirclement, Cardón, Aguacaolla, Gigantón, Quisca, Tunilla)
cylindrical opuntia
(Mammillaria prolifera)
Calls The Trompeticas
Frailejon Cactus
( Borzicactus )
I have the well-known Lotus Flower in some of its forms.
All these pictures were taken by a sony cyber shop camera of 20 mega pilxen.