Tropicals & Tender Perennials: AGAIN!!!! Seeking information on Ric-Rac cactus., 0 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Norma,

You may not remember, but you were the one who also aswerewd me last year. Maybe I need to feed it more. You know how it is with succulents.........just b/c they can go a long while w/o water, I also tend to ignore their other needs. Not sure if I would use a bloom booster on a succulent. HHHMMMM..............

As far as light goes, once it is outside, it gets filtered good light and late PM sun. Like when it is starting to set. I can move it into full sun! Not sure if it will like it? Yours id blooming probably cause you live in CA. Does it stay outside all year? May need that!

The plant on the picture is in a 8" clay bulb pan. It is quite possible that it dries out too much.
The mystery still remains about those skinny leaves!!!! They already start growing that way long b/f I bring it inside for the winter. The whole texture is different!!! They are hard and woody in appearance. Frankly, I hate them!!! I shouyld cut all of them off and only keep the green, wider leaves. I caould root all the "skinnies" as that is how I started. I would have plenty to share!

Jessie!
In all my 20 yeards of working in Garden centers and Greenhouses, I had NEVER seen this plant until this old lady brought it in to show me. From her description, we all (att he store) thought it may be an Orchid cactus. They look similar, but it was not. She had it in an old HB and it was all skinny and scrawny. Me and another girl that worked there talked her out of one of the "leaves". We cut it in half and shared it. That was 20 some years ago. I DO remember that it took about 2 years b/f it started to grow. But it did!!!

So! That is the story of my Ric-Rac Cactus aka "Cryptocereus anthonyanus".

Here's another shot from the same time. This one REALLY shows how the ends just start growing skinny--all of a sudden, and it had plenty of light!!!

Gita