8 years ago...
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 2:52 pm
Hi,
It's been a while. In fact, around 8 years since I logged in here last time. At that time, I even planned (and did) a cacti-oriented trip in California and visited some fellow forum users. And then life changed a bit, jobs/kids/moves. It was also very hard on my plants, lots of them died due to lack of care, non-optimal conditions, not enough sunny windowsills in the winter, etc.
But I never really lost my interest. Some of my plants survived and I learned to find genuses that would better fit what I could give them.
Back to 8 years ago, I met Tony, a user of this forum that was such a nice guy with me. I visited his prolific backyard and he was kind enough to give me some spare cuttings that I tried to grow back here. Tony doesn't seem to have post here since 2018 so I don't know if he is still around. Not much of what he kindly gave me survived. But one "particular" plant made through those 8 years and rewarded me quite well a few days ago. From a thumb size cutting, I present you the "bigger than hand" Stapelia gigantea flower.
![Image](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/727353194912677949/739852653894434926/20200801_112253.jpg)
Maybe it's a usual seeing for a lot of you, but for me it's reminiscent of a wonderful trip, a very kind person and a still burning passion of cacti and succulents.
@Tony,
if you are still around, thank you.
Also, I'm looking forward to be able to un-pause my visits here and come back more often to see what you guys are talking about.
Cheers.
It's been a while. In fact, around 8 years since I logged in here last time. At that time, I even planned (and did) a cacti-oriented trip in California and visited some fellow forum users. And then life changed a bit, jobs/kids/moves. It was also very hard on my plants, lots of them died due to lack of care, non-optimal conditions, not enough sunny windowsills in the winter, etc.
But I never really lost my interest. Some of my plants survived and I learned to find genuses that would better fit what I could give them.
Back to 8 years ago, I met Tony, a user of this forum that was such a nice guy with me. I visited his prolific backyard and he was kind enough to give me some spare cuttings that I tried to grow back here. Tony doesn't seem to have post here since 2018 so I don't know if he is still around. Not much of what he kindly gave me survived. But one "particular" plant made through those 8 years and rewarded me quite well a few days ago. From a thumb size cutting, I present you the "bigger than hand" Stapelia gigantea flower.
![Image](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/727353194912677949/739852653894434926/20200801_112253.jpg)
Maybe it's a usual seeing for a lot of you, but for me it's reminiscent of a wonderful trip, a very kind person and a still burning passion of cacti and succulents.
@Tony,
if you are still around, thank you.
Also, I'm looking forward to be able to un-pause my visits here and come back more often to see what you guys are talking about.
Cheers.