We have had this cactus for more years than we can remember. It was a gift from my wife's cousin Meloney when she first visited us in our new home in Cape town, South Africa.
It was a tiny little thumb sized thing which just sat in the window year in year out until one year it bloomed with these lovely tiny pink flowers. I thought it was just beautiful.
It was winter in the southern hemisphere at the time of it's first blooming. June - August. This is what the cactus in bloom looks like today. We love this little cactus and it is a remarkable plant.
The thing that often gives me pause for thought is the fact that in 8 years of living in Cape Town. The cactus never grew beyond it's original thumb size. It flowered occasionally but never grew?
When we returned to the UK, somehow along with all the other crap that we stuffed into the 40 foot home bound container. This little cactus jumped aboard.
When we discovered that it had made it to the UK we thought it looked a little dried out and dead so we watered it. Something that we had never done in South Africa. The really weird thing was that as soon as we watered it. It began to grow?
We had always assumed that you don't water cacti. They are desert plants and so you don't need to care for them much...right?
They are often given to people as a symbol of endurance and strength. I didn't know this until today when I looked it up.
A flowering cactus in some Native American cultures is symbolic of a mothers love?
"The cactus flower is a symbol of maternal love because it can endure and thrive in harsh conditions and therefore symbolic of a mother's unconditional love"
I had no clue as to this symbolic meaning but just love it when the cactus blooms. It always makes me smile and remember good times in South Africa and proves the old adage. You can learn something new every day
Time for coffee :)
Come on a Safari with me and see where this cactus calls home.
More cactus posts.
My little Cactus
Cacti at the garden centre
My camera gear
Canon EOS 70 D Camera
Sigma 30 mm Lens
My entry for today's 
| Category | (Colourful photography)
| Camera | (Canon EOS 70D)
| Exposure | (1/30)
| f Stop | (f/5.6)
| ISO | (640)
| Lens | (Sigma 30mm)
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