Plants and Flowers

For more or less experienced collector of cactuses this is not a question, as the answer will be for sure negative. But what should do those, who liked so much thorny little ones in a flower shop?

Any collection had once its beginning. And the majority started with the most usual, simple in care inhabitants of our window sills. Last years our flower shops began to offer the whole coveys of young cactuses of the most different sorts and species brought from Europe. But, irrespective of the country-supplier, all of them are called “Dutch”. Perhaps, because Holland is the largest supplier of such production. Therefore many beginners now buy these cactuses with pleasure.

There are some advices concerning purchase of “Dutch”. First, all these barbarously attached eyes and dry florets do not belong to cactuses. Well, with eyes it is clear. But flowers sometimes are so skillfully stuck, and sellers are so, to put it mildly, naive, that there are no doubts: certainly, this is this cactus’ flower! Do not trust! Also try not to buy such plants. All these accessories are attached either with needles, or with terrible glue. Both are simply tragedy for these unfortunate plants.

Trying to remove all these “frills” the cactus is inevitably injured. Thorns, which will never recover, are removed together with these eyes-florets. Sometimes the flower is glued directly on top. Such cactus is not worth any money: the point of growth is plentifully filled with glue, it cannot grow any more.
There are two ways to remove glue: with the help of acetone and with the help of a scalpel. Acetone leads to stagnation. Cutting of glue together with a part of a stalk is more acceptable, though your plant will have a scar after “operation�.

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