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It’s been a few years since I made a post about this Echinopsis I planted as a memorial to our old shop dog. It’s apparent why it’s lovingly named ‘Flying Saucer’ when you look at it. Blooms last around 15 hours and fade to nothing within a day.

This dude is a few years old and gets afternoon sun and some fertilizer from Bennie, who we buried here and planted this over. Maybe in a few years i’ll get a few arms to root and offer them for sale, but I got this at the DBG plant sale as a barefoot a few years back.

A morbid beauty and sweet memorial. Can’t wait to see what it does next spring 👽🛸👽 #

Botanical Term of the Week!

Lots of plants are strangely hairy and its all intentional! While many cultivars are selected for extreme pubescence, in the wild it serves different purposes depending on the environment. For cactus trichomes shield its skin from the intense sun. And for airplants they help moisture stick to their absorbent skin. For sundews modified trichomes secrete a sticky dew to catch their prey. And in Venus fly traps they are used as triggers to detect when prey is in within its grasp.