Hopefully a happy, friendly soul will find this cactus and nurture it. What an AMAZING piece of architecture this place is!
This is the view inside the Cathedral.
A cactus for Simona and Marco of Baco, Ortigia
With a beautiful cactus display outside of their lovely jewellery shop in Ortigia, Sicily, the owners Simona and Marco truly deserved a little Day Of The Cacti cactus.
Here’s a link to their website: https://www.baco-ortigia.it/
A cactus on the volcanic island of Stromboli
A little cactus potted up using local volcanic soil, which seems to be great for prickly pear cacti all over the island. Tucked away in an alcove in one of the chalets owned by the Hotel Ossidiana, hopefully a cleaner or a hotel guest(s) will take care of him.
Neglect Can Be A Winning Formula!
Rob sent me this, this morning: “So, a couple of years ago, I put these four naughty little fellas in a scrappy plastic tray in my garden cold frame. They are rarely watered and have to endure extremes of hot and cold. They also have to endure listening to my words of love and encouragement to my nurtured and respected vegetables whilst they are ignored and ridiculed in equal measure. Well, guess what!? One of the little fellas has gone and flowered, putting the curly kale and vine tomatoes to shame. Big respect. These guys have now earned a place in the house. Come on in boys!”
Esquires Coffee Cactus
Dropped a little cactus in Cardiff Bay this morning. Get in touch if you find it 😊
He’s only waited 35 plus years….
Really great to finally pass on a cactus to my brilliant mate Mark yesterday. Hope it was worth the wait!
Michael in Zurich
Here’s Michael, lovely chap, with his new cactus in Zurich.
A cactus for Britney
After a brilliant three course meal which included Gorgonzola Ice Cream the evening before, here’s a cactus for Britney, in Lille, France.
Elaeth finds 7/17/12 in Cardiff!
This cactus hidden at Cornerstone in Cardiff, was found tonight by lovely guy Elaeth, after I gave a talk there. Was delighted to meet him especially after he climbed up to the balcony to rescue it.
Sandra’s Radical Repot
Disclaimer: Please don’t try this at home!
So, Sandra decided she didn’t like the shape of Vin Diesel. He needed some Bobitting she felt…so she lopped off the top and then chopped up most of the remaining body of the plant, leaving a stump, which her research tells her will re-grow.
Before:
Marine Safety Ladies, Wexford
Joel and I met these three lovely souls who, as part of a 140 strong team, voluntarily patrol the harbour of Wexford, Ireland to look out for people in distress. We gave them a cactus each. It was the least we could do to thank them for the wonderful work they do. Well done and thanks for what you do, Mary and friends.
Pompeii and Herculaneum
Two little Day Of The Cacti placed carefully and respectfully at both Pompeii and Herculaneum - will anyone find them?
Here is the one at Pompeii…
And Herculaneum above.
The Monument, London
A small cactus to be found at the site of the Great Fire of London this evening.
Etiolation
What happens when a cactus is watered well, not too cold but is placed away from natural light? It etiolates, grows tall and thin searching for light. Here’s a couple of examples from the archives. First up, is a classic from Margaret Churchman from her desk in the once great company of Interface…
And here is James Martin’s, also an ex-employee of faded giant Interface, below…
Seed Babies
Potted up some seeds from one pollinated flower of Summer 2021 a couple of weeks ago and they are germinating nicely.
Solihull Cactus Seminar
Lovely to see a group of people going about their business completely and blissfully unaware of the little cactus in the corner (see Cactus Bombing from yesterday).
Bernard’s Cactus Goes Home in Style
Belgian colleague Bernard collected his cactus from HQ after a couple of weeks’ babysitting courtesy of Receptionist Marianne - here it is going home like royalty!
Earliest Flower Ever
Our Kid sent this picture in on 13th March, two flowers on his cactus which lives in his bathroom at home. Very confident that this is the earliest ever flowering. Well done Our Kid!
Harry the ace McDonalds Man
Great guy Harry who works at Macclesfield McDonalds got a little cactus today. I visit many drive-throughs, and this guy is the best. Hope you enjoy your cactus Harry!
Brighton!
It’s been a while, the cacti haven’t enjoyed the storms and frost snaps but those that have survived the winter will be nurtured back to life…meanwhile, a fab weekend in Brighton saw two little ones left in strategic places.
Firstly in The West Hill Tavern, whilst DJs Simon Price, Alexis Petridis & John Burgess were spinning the tear-jerking, heart-searching Late Nite Minicab FM tunes…
And then at what is the rebranded Leonardo Hotel, literally opposite the train tracks. Good luck to anyone that finds them.
