UNBOXING an AWESOME early X'mas CACTUS & SUCCULENT parcel
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ธ.ค. 2023
- As the Winter festive season is only a short while away, I thought that I should better go ahead and order an early X'mas present for myself! So, join me for the unboxing of an awesome little selection of cacti and other succulent plants that I ordered online from the Uhlig Kakteen cactus & succulent plants nursery in southern Germany. Without giving too much away, let me just say, that there is an awesome mix of plants that are cacti (some incredibly and fiercely spined ones!!) as well as non-cacti (both from the African as well as American continent!!).
Join me in my greenhouse, watch the unpacking and enjoy!
Cheers,
Joe
@cactusjoe
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Wow! I love that last columnar cactus, too! It’s so white and wooly. 🥰 I like all your choices, Joe. Now you make me want to buy myself Christmas presents as well. If I do end up shopping for plants, I blame you. 😆
Ahahaha, Ana! I love your awesome comments and will indeed also "blame" you in future when I buy lot's of beautiful new cacti that I have seen in your awesome collection, lol! So in this way, we can simply blame each other and just go ahead and keep buying plenty of beautiful plants, haha, I love it!! Thanks for watching and really fantastic that you enjoyed the selection too! Yeah, that Eulychnia saint-pieana is another one of those that I have had on my search list for quite a while! Worth searching for! Thanks again and wishing you a wonderful Sunday and also week ahead!
I love your new aloe, as always a great video. Getting your own presents is a great idea, you know you'll get exactly what you want!!!
Thanks so much, Jena, and also super to hear that you enjoyed the video once again, deeply appreciated! Yep, that Aloe erinacea is a real beauty isn't it? Hahaha, yes, there is something truly unbeatable about that concept of buying one's own presents, way to go, lol! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend, take care and happy growing/dormancy of course!
Thank you for sharing your invaluable knowledge of cactus and succulent plants! So very interesting.
Thank you so much, Edna, for watching and for your awesome feedback, truly appreciated! So glad you are enjoying the videos! 🙏🙏🙌😊👍🌵🪴🌵💚🌼🌸🌺😎☀️
Beautil and varied haul
I can feel the Joy when a cactus lover brings novelties to his collection!
Thank you very much, Bachir! Indeed great to read that you liked the plant haul in the unboxing video and also that you could pick up my enthusiasm! Haha, you are so right, that is indeed the case! Thanks for watching and for commenting, much appreciated!
Wonderful collection of plants.
Really well packaged
Thanks for sharing.
Hi Ted, thanks very much for watching and glad you enjoyed the new plants. Indeed, I too was impressed with the excellent packaging, everything arrived in perfect state! 👍😊🙌🌵🪴🌵💚😎☀️
Very interesting video, to see the unboxing of exciting presents. Apart from beautiful plants you also have a such a lovely companion Juno! Lots of greetings..
Aww, thank you so much for your lovely comments and feedback! I'm very glad that you enjoyed the unboxing video and all the new plants - and of course thank you for your great comments about Juno, she is indeed a great and fun companion on my nature walks! Thanks so much for watching and commenting and also lot's of cactus greetings out to you in India! I always also really enjoy watching the videos on your wonderful channel!
Omg! I love that Aloe erinacea! ❤❤❤ I will look for that
Hey Ana! I was exactly like you, the moment I first saw that Aloe erinacea in a picture of a catalog a while back, I had to start looking for one, haha! Apparently, from what I have been reading, it is a little sensitive to grow, so not the easiest of Aloe, but I hope that it will like it's new home here! Hope you find one for your collection very soon too! My understanding is that according to the latest taxonomy it's correct name now is...Aloe melanacantha var. erinacea...so grown under that name in some nurseries possibly, and perhaps that also helps finding one.
Hi Cactus Joe, I’m a new collector of cactus and succulent plants. I love your collection very beautiful. Thanks for sharing 👍🏿
Hi there! Fantastic to read that you are enjoying my cactus and succulent plant collection and also excellent that you are a new collector! A warm welcome to my channel, brilliant to have you join this community! Thanks for watching and for your wonderful feedback, much appreciated! Best of luck and fun with your new hobby and plant collection! Happy growing!
Hello Joe, thank you for sharing your gift with us, they are all beautiful plants, very good taste. That euphorbia is just amazing looking, I've always been a sucker for the unusual, and your columnar cactus is gorgeous!!...I love learning of cacti I've never heard of before, so thank you for always helping me expand my knowledge and appreciation for our spiny passion. Great video my friend.
Hello David, thank YOU my friend! For watching and for your awesome comments and feedback, which I always love reading. So happy that you are finding the videos and infos useful & informative. And so happy also that you liked this video once again too, including the weird and wonderful Euphorbia abdelkuri and the stunning, beautiful columnar cactus Eulychnia saint-pieana. Thanks for all your support and interest, very best cactus greetings out to you!
Liebe Agaven! Toll❤
Das freut mich sehr, die haben auch in meinem Herzen einen ganz besonderen Platz! Einen schönen und erholsamen Sonntagabend wünsche ich!
Amazing new plants Joe! Thank you for sharing with us this video! Have a beautiful Sunday! 🌺🌺🌺
Thank you so much, Elda! Really fantastic that you liked the new plants too! Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday evening, and very best wishes for a great week ahead!! Lot's of flower greetings to you and your awesome flower garden!
hi doggy 🙋♀
guess everyone wants an abd el kuri for christmas. . .love those shark teeth aloes
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Thanks so much, Christina! Doggy says hi too! Happy you enjoyed the plants! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!
Love the aloe! Very nice!
Thank you so much, that is wonderful to hear, that you also really liked that Aloe erinacea!! I think it is one of the most beautiful Aloe that I have ever seen, so I hope that it will grow well in my collection, as it is apparently also unfortunately not one of the easiest to cultivate! Thanks for watching and for your wonderful feedback, take care and best wishes!
Your agaves are amazing. And I love your new Euphorbia. It looks like a stone... Just incredible!
Thanks so much, Laurent, I'm very happy that you liked those new Agaves and also that Euphorbia abdelkuri, it is a truly incredible looking plant isn't it! Appreciate you watching and also your brilliant feedback, thanks! 🙏🙏🙌👍🌵🪴🌺🌼💚😎☀️
All of them are gorgeous
Thanks so much, Phillies, really super that you enjoyed and liked my new plants from this unboxing video! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend, best wishes and happy growing to you!! 🙌👍😊🌵🪴🌿🌵🌺🌼🌸💚😎☀️
Love the aloe and agave....Great Christmas collection gift..to yourself. Enjoy them!
I know they've come to a good home!
Aww, thank you so much for saying that, Annette, really very kind of you! So happy that you enjoyed the unboxing of my personal Christmas gifts, in particular the Aloe and Agave! Enjoy the rest of the week ahead and once more thank you, also for watching and commenting!
Oh WOWSERS Joe what an AWESOME Cactus & Succulent unboxing from Uhlig, and thats the PERFECT Christmas pressie to get yourself haha, and gorgeous Agave's and stunning Aloe and stunning new Cacti and WOW with the really AWESOME Euphorbia abdulkuri, we have never seen one before its incredible, and the Eulychina with woolly areoles is absolutely BEAUTIFUL, AWESOME choice of new stunners Joe and thanks so much for sharing the incredible unboxing with us, and Juno is adorable haha, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Hans and me from across the Emerald Isle to Bavaria for a fantastic weekend XXX
Haha, many thanks Lyn, really very happy that you enjoyed the plants in the unboxing video of my mail order from Uhlig. And also so happy that you liked my dog Juno, she is such a fantastic and fun companion to have when going on long nature walks here! I am really looking forward to growing this highly unusual Euphorbia species which has been on my search list for such a long time, and hope that it will do well here among the other Euphorbia species. Thank you as always for all your support and friendship and for watchning and all your awesome comments and feedback, so much appreciated! Sending you and Hans very best cactus & succulent plant greetings across the waves to the beautiful Emerald Isle!! Plant Power and Happy Growing from Bavaria!
Awesome unboxing, Joe 😃 That's great you've got an abdelkuri now. The one Edith sent me recently has become one of my favourite Euphorbia now. The erinacia is a beauty, too. Thank you for sharing with us my friend. Have a lovely evening from Edith & myself and happy growing as always 👍🏻🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜
Thanks so much, Daz, really happy that you enjoyed the unboxing video. Indeed, that E. abdelkuri is a real stunner and I am sure that, as a real Euphorbia fan that I know you are my friend, you are enjoying it in your collection very much too! It looks very special, doesn't it! Thanks so much for watching and commenting and sending you and Edith very best cactus greetings! Enjoy the rest of the week ahead and indeed, happy growing as always!
Excellent Joe 🙂 Some good flowers to look forward to there. I put a link to your channel on my website, along with all our other TH-cam friends 🙂🙂🌵🌵
Thanks so much, Ziggy! Indeed, as you say, hopefully some new blooms coming from these plants in the next season or two, especially the two new Echinocereus, as I really do not have many of those in my collection. Thanks also so much for adding a link of my channel on your website, much appreciated, my friend! I will take a look later today! It has unfortunately been crazy busy here recently, and I also have quite a few videos on your channel to catch up on too! Have a wonderful Sunday, and an awesome week ahead!
Season Greeting Joe from Alberta Canada
Thank you very much, Duncan, Season's Greetings to you too! Thanks for watching and commenting, and warm cactus regards out to you in Alberta, Canada! 🙌👍😊🌵🪴🌵🌼🌸🌺☃️❄️☃️💚😎
Loved them all but that last columnar one so unusual.🌱
Thanks very much, Tom, that is brilliant to read that you loved all the plants in the unboxing! And indeed, haha, that little columnar cactus, Eulychnia saint-pieana, at the end is truly quite special isn't it! I had been looking for this one quite a long time, after falling in love with it after seeing some pictures of it in a cactus magazine a year or two ago! Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and have a wonderful week ahead!
What a haul! What a treat! The Euphorbia specimen is a stunner. Such an attractive rock-like appearance. They all are stunners including the last columnar cactus. Wooly and wonderful. Enjoy your new additions to your collection!
Thank YOU, Justin! For watching and as always for your fantastic comments and feedback which I always really appreciate receiving! So glad that you enjoyed the treats that I got myself this time, and indeed you highlight my absolute personal favorites too, that weird & wonderful E. abdelkuri, truly other-worldly, haha - and the wooly, wonderful columnar Eulychnia saint-pieana! Enjoy the rest of your week and once again thank you for all your support and interest my friend!
Joe 😊😊 it’s worth it 😊😊
Thanks Tim, really glad that you liked the video! Thanks so much for watching and commenting and hope you enjoyed the new cacti and other succulent plants! Happy growing!
You bought some beautiful plants. That euphorbia is amazing. I loved watching you unboxing all the plants.🌵🌱❣️
Thank you so much, really happy that you enjoyed the unboxing of the plants and also that you really liked them too! That is always wonderful to hear, when other plant lovers too enjoy the plants one has ordered for one's own collection! Yep, I totally agree with you, that Euphorbia is quite amazing, I have never owned one of these before, so I am a bit nervous about it's requirements, but hopefully it will like it's new home here, among many other Euphorbias, haha! Thanks again for your awesome feedback, hope you have a wonderful Sunday, and also week ahead!! Happy growing!
Hi Joe, amazing self-Christmas gift! Such beautiful plants! Juno is really beautiful too!
Hi Vera, thank you so much! Very happy that you liked the new plants from my personal Christmas gift, and also fantastic that you liked Juno, she is indeed such a wonderful and fun companion! Wishing you a wonderful day and also a relaxing and excellent weekend ahead! Take care and happy growing of course!
Beautiful plants nice choice I love the aloe MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND FAMILY very attractive cati
Thanks so much, Gary, very glad that you enjoyed the plants from my unboxing, and indeed great highlight and mention of yours, that Aloe is a real beauty! I hope that it will grow well among my other small-growing Aloe, I have read that it is pretty sensitive to over-watering and likes a slightly warmer spot than many other Aloes - so I will try that! Thank you also so much and wishing YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A MERRY CHRISTMAS too!
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Awww, many thanks, Michael, really LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK!! 😊👍🙏🙌💚💚💚 Thanks so much for watching and commenting and hope you are having an awesome week! 👍😊😎☀️🌵🌵🌵
👌👌👌great
Thank you so much, for watching and for your wonderful feedback, appreciated, really happy that you enjoyed the video!
i've never even heard of that last one so now i want one of those too.
Haha, great to read that you liked that Eulychnia saint-pieana too! It is a beauty indeed, but not grown and found all too often in collections! Hope you find one soon too! Thanks for watching and for your feedback! Happy growing!
Great video, Thanks so much.
Thanks very much, Marion, super happy that you enjoyed the video!! Thanks for watching and for your wonderful feedback, much appreciated!! 😊👍🙏🙌🌵🪴🌵🌼🌺💚😎☀️
From Cactus Joe to Cactus Joe. Perfect. I was hoping you would give yourself a present like last year. As you said, you can't go wrong when you do that! You will love the Rigidissimus. And let's not forget that prized Euphorbia. You picked a lot of nice ones! Happy Holidays, Joe!
Hi Terry! Aww, thank you so much for your awesome comments, and I'm really happy that you enjoyed this year's early X'mas present unboxing again! Brilliant to hear about the rigidissimus, which indeed I am really looking forward to seeing in bloom in the future. And indeed, that Euphorbia is a plant I have had on my wish list for a very long time, and I hope that it will like it's new home. Thanks for watching and commenting, as always very much appreciated! Wishing you a wonderful festive season and Happy Holidays too, Terry!
Great selection Joe!!! That second agave is great with those short chubby leaves!! The Euphorbia abdelkuri is fantastic!!! But that fuzzy Eulychnia is the bomb!!! What a cool fuzzy plant!!! Great unboxing Joe!!! Thanks for sharing!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, out to Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪 have a wonderful week ahead!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌️💖🌵🌸🌹🪴🌻🌿🌾🌳💐🌴🍀🌱😃👍
Thanks so much, Clyde, really super that you enjoyed the plant selection in my personal Christmas present unboxing! And thatnks so much also for your awesome comments, I really had to laugh, the way you built up from ...great Agave, ...to fantastic Euphorbia, ...to the Eulychnia is the bomb!!! Lol!!! You know, best of all, that exactly mirrors my own thoughts and rankings too, haha, brilliant my friend! Sending you as always very best cactus greetings to Morris Park in the Ozarks, USA!! And indeed: lot's of Peace, Love, Plants and Happy Growing!!
Hi Joe! Your presents are just perfect😌🙌💖I have a big old Notocactus horstii f. purpureus. It's among my toughest of cacti. The Euphorbia abdelkuri is great isn't it! I remember they grow on an Island off Yemen. That Echinocereus is beautiful, and I am amazed by the beauty of that Eulychnia saint pierre! I enjoyed watching😊🙏🌟
Hi Newman! Brilliant to read your comments and feedback as always, my friend! Yes, I have seen that awesome Notocatus horstii f. purpureus of yours in your wonderful videos, it is a stunner of a plant! Yep, the E. abdelkuri indeed is one that originates from the Arabian peninsula, and it grows on limestone rocks is what I also have read, so it is not the easiest of Euphorbias to grow, does demand a pretty special treatment, but I hope it will like it in it's new home here. This specimen is of course seed grown, in cultivation here in Europe. Haha, glad you too like that beautiful little columnar Eulychnia, I am curious to see it grow and whether it will keep those woolly white areoles. Sending you very best cactus greetings to Japan, and have an awesome week ahead!
Happy X Mas to you and family🎄
Thank you Marcha! Wishing you and your family very best wishes and a happy festive season too! Thank you also for watching and for commenting, much appreciated!
Great selections! Of note, last night I ordered a young abdelkuri, and was glad to hear you confirm it's cultural needs. It was described as looking like a "candle heavily dripping wax." (I'm in the US.) The Eulychina is also on my wish list. Enjoy your haul; theyre gorgeous. 💚🌵
Thanks so much Pat, great to read that you have also bought yourself a Euphorbia abdelkuri and, haha, that is a great description, a candle heavily dripping wax, indeed it looks like some strange plant from another plant! Wishing you lot's of growing success with your specimen too! Thanks for watching and commenting and so happy that you enjoyed and liked the lot that I unboxed! Sending you very best regards, enjoy your stay, take care and happy growing!
Hello Joe! You have made quite a gift to yourself! You picked out some beautiful plants and I'm sure they have found a great home with you! I agree with buying myself gifts....my delivery people would tell you I am too good to myself at times! Hope you and your family will have happy holidays! Merry Christmas!!
Hello Cheryl! Thanks so much and brilliant to hear that you also treat yourself to buying yourself gifts, and haha, had to laugh so hard reading about your delivery people! At least it is a great way also of supporting their jobs and the economy too, so everybody wins, is what I always say! Happy to hear that you enjoyed the plants in the unboxing, thanks so much for watching and for your awesome feedback and comments, which I always am very happy reading! Wishing you and your family wonderful and happy holidays and a Merry Christmas too! Take care!
Hi Joe ! This is a nice selection toon of plants from Uhlig Kakteen ! The abdelkuri is a gorgeous euphorbia. I was lucky to find one specimen this year by the French seller names Plantemania, specialist of caudiciform and rare plants. And guess what ? In October I went to a cacti and succulents market near Paris and one of the sellers was Matthias Uhlig himself. It was nice to meet him and I bought some cold hardy echinocereus and also few rebutias. And yes, the last cactus’ eulychnia, is very beautiful and I love also your new aloe erinacea ! Enjoy your new plants and merry Christmas ! 🌵🌵🌵💚💚💚
Hi Anna, thank you so much for all your updates and feedback, really super and so interesting! That is amazing that you met Matthias Uhlig and were able to buy some plants directly from him, way to go, haha! I will check out the seller you mentioned, where you bought your own E. abdelkuri, sounds interesting! Wishing you too a Merry Christmas!
I thought our winters were difficult here in southeast Queensland, Australia! 😂 Ours are so variable though in winter, passably warm and sunny days followed by below freezing wet & windy ones 🫤. Love your shirt !
Hi Tracey, thanks for watching and also for your brilliant feedback. Also, I find it quite interesting to read about the winter weather challenges that you too have, in SE Queensland. I always find it so interesting to read about the various weather types and local challenges we all face when growing our cacti and succulent plants! And everyone will have their own "working solutions" to cope with these challenges...and with all these variations, our cacti are so accomodating and can adjust, it is just simply fascinating! Hope you have a great weekend ahead, best wishes and greetings to you in beautiful Australia!
Wow nice haul. Yesterday i received my order from Uhlig kakteen as well here in Slovenia. I got huuuge box, almost like my fridge I was like WTF is this, it's this some mistake. It was full of paper for protection and for the first time I see that heating bag. I never heard or seen for that before. I didn't belive that bag was still pretty worm,its good idea. My cacti are still autside. Here in Slovenia on Adriatic coast is still pretty worm, never snowing. I'm miss snowing, winter landscape like in my mother country Bosnia. My sister live near Stuttgart I'm gonna visit her and enjoy in winter games and sports.
Hi Adis! Many thanks for watching and commenting, I'm really happy that you liked my new plants from Uhlig! And, haha, that is great to hear, such a coincidence that you also just received a shipment from Uhlig, small world! Yep, they like to pack their shipments big, and given the cold winter weather that is a fantastic thing, to know that the plants are still protected from frost and ice. Indeed, their added heating bag units are also super! Wow, fantastic to hear that you are still able to have your cacti outside currently, living on the Adriatic coast, lucky you! But I can well imagine that you would be missing snow and winter landscapes, coming from Bosnia, which is such a beautiful country! I hope that you have a great time with your sister in Stuttgart, and hopefully there will be snow and cold winter weather when you go there! At least there, the Black Forest and Alps also are not far away! Enjoy your Sunday, thanks again and have a great time!
Thanks for another great video, and what wonderful Christmas presents to yourself. I'm just starting to branch out from cacti by adding a few agaves, those ones are beautiful. Perhaps I will buy myself some birthday presents next year!
Thank you very much indeed, for watching and also for your wonderful feedback, so glad that you enjoyed this latest video once again too! Yes, you should definitely do that, as you saw from the video, I am a great believer in treating ourselves to some plants as presents every now and then...we deserve it!! Sending you very best cactus AND agave greetings over to you! Take care and happy growing of course!
Danke für das Video. Warte selbst auf ein Paket von Uhlig, dauert diesmal ziemlich lange.
Herzlichen Dank, freut mich sehr daß Dir das Video gefallen hat! Ja die Lieferzeiten generall sind im Moment leider ziemlich verzögert, ich denke das Wetter + Streiks helfen da nicht! Hoffe es kommt bald an, schöne Adventsgrüße!
Thank you for the nice video. If just start collecting cactus and succulents. But its an interessting world to discover. I hope to grow my collection in the future. Maby getting a small greenhouse. But for now i enjoy your inspiring video's.
Hi Sander, that is wonderful to read about your interest in these beautiful plants! Thanks for watching the video and very happy that you enjoyed it! Also, thanks so much, glad that you are finding the videos on my channel inspiring, thanks so much for your feedback, very much appreciated! If you have any opportunity to start growing a few of these plants, I can only recommend getting yourself a few, for a bright window sill or so, perhaps on the balcony, garden or terrace in the Summer. And if you are dreaming of a greenhouse, than do not stop that dream, as it will come true one day! It was my dream for a long time too and eventually, finally, after many years I had my dream come true and now I cannot imagine growing my collection without one anymore, haha! Hang in there and very best of luck and success!! Happy growing!
@@cactusjoe Thanks for the feedback. For now i have 6 cactus in the window and 2 aloï that i got from my wives father. For now iam planning to make a staircase stand in front of the window to showcase my little collection. Because its also winter here in the Netherlands i will go easy on the cactus. Should i water the plants a little this winter or is it better to start with it in de early spring about the end of march? Do you have a beginner care guide on your channel because i could not find one yet? Have a nice day iam looking out for the next video.
@@sanderdevries3690 thanks Sander, that is excellent to hear, sounds like you have a very nice start to a cactus & other succulents collection right there already! And making a staircase stand is also a great idea for window growing! Yep, going easy on the cacti is a good idea during these Winter months, as they will normally not grow anyway, so try and keep them relatively cool and quite dry. When March comes, that is when you can slowly start giving them a little water at the beginning, then slowly increasing. Perhaps my video on Springtime activities could be useful, I will send you the link in a moment...
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Hope there is something useful for you there.
I love that last cactus you unwrapped beautiful would like to see you do a video on mammillaria was wondering if you have mammillaria bombycina
Thanks so much, Kim, yes that last cactus of my unboxing, the Eulychnia saint-pieana, is indeed very pretty, it looks even better in real than it did on the picture in the catalog, haha! Thanks for your suggestion, I will put it on my future to do list. Yes, I do have a Mammillaria bombycina too, it is a wonderful plant to grow, also on a window sill indoors if you have a bright and warmer spot for her. Have a great day, thanks for watching and commenting, and happy growing!
Great unboxing! 👍🏻 I also liked your new intro, I recognised that you changed it a bit 😉
Greetings to the beautiful Juno! 🐕 You made a good selection of plants. This Euphorbia abdelkuri seems a bit like a fossil, haha 😄 But some of these names are really hilarious, hard to pronounce and even harder to remember 😅
Enjoy your second advent! :)
Additionally, I have a short question: For Opuntias, it is not unusual that they shrivel a bit during the dormany period, right?
Moreover, I also have a video idea for the future: Maybe you could do a video covering the topic "How old can cacti become?" (of course depends on the genus/species). I'm not sure how big of a topic this would be but I would at least be interested in getting to know more about that question😊
Excellent, thank you so much, Jacob! Glad that you found the unboxing and all the new plants enjoyable! haha, describing the E. abdelkuri as some sort of a fossil is quite true, it just looks very, very strange and like from another world, doesn't it!
The names are not just hard to pronounce and remember, it is also incredible how fast some of them change! And very often one nursery will offer a plant with one name, and a different nursery will offer that same plant with a very different name...and when you dive into literature, both names are no longer the accepted, valid one, lol!! You can't win when it comes to keeping up with taxonomists, haha! Btw, if you are interested, I always use the Llifle web pages to check on the latest names and synonyms of a plant. You might know and use those pages too.
Haha, thanks, I have passed on your greetings to Juno, she is very happy of course that you find her beautiful!!
Ah, yes, and you noticed the slightly updated into and outro to the video, I also changed the music, very happy that you liked the new intro!
Wünsche ebenfalls einen schönen zweiten Adventssonntag und herzliche Kakteengrüße nach Kassel!
Hi Jacob! No, it is perfectly normal for especially Opuntias to shrivel during the winter dormancy! If they are in a relatively warm location (above 15-18C) then you could also give them a few drops of water every now and then if you like. Most will not be flowering anyway, so no big deal if the dormancy is not very cool and dry. But equally, also if you keep them cool and they shrivel, that is no problem at all, they will quickly fill themselves up again with moisture/water in the Spring!
Also thanks for your suggestion, that is a very interesting topic indeed, let me see if I can do something around that one of these days!
@@cactusjoeYes, I remember that we already chatted once about thise "name game", haha😂 One e.g. starts with the confusion between Parodia/Notocactus/Eriocactus and then there really is no end in this taxonomy battle😅
Indeed, I already had a look at the Llifle page some time ago, it really is a great encyclopedia 👍🏻
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Very uplifting! I really enjoyed the wintery intro. Was that nearby your home? Now to go hibernate for a couple more months before we can see and feel the warming sun.
Brilliant to read, thanks so much, Terry! Super that you enjoyed the wintery intro which is indeed quite close to my home here in Bavaria. It is quite pretty to look at, but also a challenging time for us friends of desert plants, so far away from real deserts, haha, and keeping the plants in the greenhouse safe and frost-free during these long cold, dark winter months! Like you, I cannot wait for the Spring to come back! At least the good news is that we only have 1 1/2 weeks left until December 21st and then days will (...slowly but surely) start getting longer again!! Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and wishing you an awesome week ahead!
A beautiful selection of cactus and succulents, I really liked those Agave, and that very fluffy columnar cactus was stunning!
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Aww, thank you so much, Claire, really very much appreciated! So happy that you enjoyed the plant selection in the video and in particular the Agave and also the fluffy columnar Eulychnia sait-pieana. many thanks for dropping in and for your wonderful feedback, appreciated! I am always a real fan of your great channel and videos too! Enjoy your Wednesday evening and have a great rest of the week also!
Very nice, Joe. The abdelkuri certainly caught my eye for next grow season. I have my import license now, but the expense to use it mounts up pretty fast for items that we can buy within the United States with a little bit of patience. Do you do any cleaning effort of plants when shipped bare root or no pots included? When is Juno's Christmas unboxing scheduled? It will have to really be something to match yours from the last 2 holidays. Thanks for your time, my friend.
Many thanks, Bill, glad you liked it and as always very much appreciated, my friend! Haha, Juno is like me, will take any opportunity to justify a good unboxing of treats, lol! And there are indeed two great big chewing bones to be unboxed, waiting for her for Christmas, haha! Yeah, I would also think that if you can, then purchasing your plants from within the U.S. makes a lot more sense, as costs do add up quickly when importing, plus the journey for the plants is significantly shorter of course.
Yes, I do always inspect my new plants for potential pests and bugs, on the stems as well as roots of course - so if they arrive in pots, I also just carefully tip them out of their pots so I can take a look at the substrate and roots along the walls of the pot. If there are mealy bugs, e.g., then they will almost always be visible at the interface substrate/pot, so the inside wall of the pot. And also, it is a good idea to keep the new plants slightly isolated from the main collection for about two weeks, before joining them. Thanks again, Bill, and have a wonderful Sunday and week ahead!
Do you try to clean plant skins on plants not as well protected as those in your unboxing? Say like with a q-tip and alcohol or water or ? @@cactusjoe
No, I don't do that. A lot of plants are not too happy, getting alcohol on their epidermis. So I use that only if I have to remove mealy bugs.
The woolier the cactus the better. (I love the wooly ones so far...)
Only problem is maybe that it makes it slightly more difficult to spot pests.
Hi Fenrik! Haha, brilliant comments, great to hear that you like those wooly cacti, and I agree, some of the most beautiful cacti are quite wooly, like Espostoa, Oreocereus, etc. But indeed, some bugs can hide a bit better among the wooly, hairy spines...however I have not experienced these plants to be particularly more infested, to the contrary they seem to not be so tasty for many bugs and pests! Enjoy your wonderful wooly cacti and thanks for watching & commenting!🙌🙏👍😊🌵🌵👍💚😎☀️
Aww, Junno (spelling?) is so cute! We both have a black hairy dog and mine loves the cold weather, too. 😊 I’m not done watching…
I suppose it's spelled Juno 😄 @CactusJoe This name derives from the Greek mythology, right?
Haha, thanks so much, Ana, that's sooo cool that you have a black hairy dog too and they both love the cold weather, haha! It is so nice to have such a faithful and fun companion, pet and member of the family! Juno is now a bit over three years old, she is a rescue dog and we got her as a puppy, how old is yours? So glad you enjoyed watching the video!
Haha, yes exactly, Jacob, you are obviously interested in Greek and Roman mythology, are you? Indeed her name is Juno, so named (1) after the Roman queen of the gods and protector of women and the family (equivalent to Hera in the Greek mythology) - and also (2) because we got her, she's a rescue dog, in the month of June.
@@cactusjoeYes, indeed I show interest in these mythologies, mostly because I had 6 years of Latin in school and there we often had stories about these Gods for example that had to be translated from Latin to German. In fact, even though many propose that it is a "dead language" I would say that it is quite useful because you also learn something about history through it AND many English words for example can be derived from their Latin aquivalent 😄
Nice video! I want to know more about Semponium ,if you have one or more.
Thank you very much, very happy that you liked the video! Semponiums are relatively new hybrids between Aeonium and Sempervivum, they are quite easy to grow from what I have been reading, but I do not grow any (yet) - so I do not have any first hand experiences to share, I'm afraid. But if you google the name, there is quite some useful information on the web. Sorry!
I wanna buy more plants but my budget is crazzy this week 😢
Hi Michelle, yes i know the feeling, haha! Sometimes, what helps me ist just writing down plants I see and like, and only making a list first, not immediately ordering or purchasing. Then after a while, when the list has grown I pick only the top 5 or so off that list - also, often it also just has to do with the plants' requirements, whether these will fit my own collection and growing location, or not. Good luck and happy dormancy!
What a wonderful collection you treated yourself Joe! Thank you for sharing all your collections and your experiences with us. I personally like the last columnar the best from all of them. I am finding that I am leaning towards the columnar cactuses the most the Silver Torch is my obsession. 😂 You didn’t show the name tag of that columnar can you type it out in your reply for me, so I can check it out? Thank You!
I think the last columnar cactus was a "Eulychnia saint-pieana", sometimes you also read the synonym "Eulychnia breviflora". I hope this information proves to be helpful for you! :)
@@jacobsiebert2204 thank you!!!!
Thanks very much, Jacob, for providing the names, very much appreciated!
@shantipatha6821 many thanks for watching and I'm really happy that you enjoyed the plants in my unboxing video, in particular that stunning little woolly columnar cactus at the end, haha, Eulychnia saint-pieana as Jacob has kindly passed on to you. I hope that you can find one of these for your own collection of columnar cacti! Yep, the Silver Torch is also another absolutely beautiful one to be growing, congrats on having that one in your collection! Sending you lot's of cactus greetings, take care and happy growing of course!
Agave's i d was wrong you can see from google and happy Xmas to you
Hi, thank you very much, Seasons's Greetings to you too! I need your help please, as I'm not really sure which Agave you mean and what you are suggesting as the correct ID from Google? Thanks and have a great day.
@@cactusjoe Hi, thank you for reply second agave is agave isthmensis and first may be parryi parryi or potatorum agave
@deepalisingh3688 ok, thank you!🙌👍🙏🌵🪴🪴
Hey Joe, my name is Pauline I have a problem with an aloe vera. It seems to be bending inside before the stem I didn’t overwater it’s not turning yellow or brown. It’s just like it’s being sucked up the leaves I think it’s pot but I’m not sure can you help me out and by the way I love your show and I watch it all the time. Thank you so much.
Hi Pauline, great to hear from you! Thanks for watching and I'm so happy that you are enjoying the videos, really appreciate your awesome feedback! Regarding your Aloe vera, that is quite normal, during the dark, cool and dry winter dormancy period for these large Aloes to curl their leaves inward a bit. That should not be a problem and they will curl back outward again when they are watered and temperatures get warmer again in Spring. It is a very good sign that the leaves are not turning yellow or brown. You could give the plant a bit of water on a sunny day, if you like, best in the morning and just a little, to wet the substrate, no drenching. That is not absolutely necessary but sometimes avoids the plant shriveling and curling all too much. Hope this helps, good luck with your Aloe vera, such wonderful plants to be growing!
@@cactusjoe thank you Joe for your feedback. I had repotted it thinking that it was pot bound but it wasn’t. I guess you are right I hope I didn’t damage it anymore. I took off some of the pups, thinking that maybe they just was taking too much fluid from the plant I don’t know if I was right by doing thisbut hopefully it will do better. I had put it in a little bigger pot, but I will not water it for a while. It gets comfortable but thank you so much.
Lieber Joe, ich wünsche Dir einen schönen Abend und habe folgende Frage. Kennst du den YT Kanal 'Kaktus Quest'? Hab mir in den letzten Tagen dort einige Videos angesehen von einen der bekanntesten Züchtern in den USA. Die wässern alle ihre Kakteen im Wintern (natürlich selten, ca 1 Monat). Ich weiß, jeder hat seinen Umgang mit den eigenen Pflanzen aber vielleicht ist das Giessen im Winter doch weniger schlecht als gedacht? Liebe Grüße ❤
Hallo und wünsche Dir ebenfalls einen schönen Abend. Na klar, Hunter von Cactus Quest kenne ich gut. Ja, das ist alles eine Frage des Standortes und Klimas. Wenn ich in Süd Kalifornien oder Süd Arizona (Hunter ist aus Tucson) wäre, würde ich auch ohne Probleme im Winter etwas mehr wässern. Da ist es natürlich viel trockener, heller und wärmer im Winter als hier in Deutschland, klar (bist Du auch aus D?).
Unsere langen, dunklen und meist auch sehr feuchten Winter bedeuten das Kakteen praktisch mit ihrem Metabolismus in dieser Zeit ruhen und somit kaum Wasser aufnehmen können. Stehen sie länger in feuchtem oder gar nassen Substrat, faulen sie dann sehr schnell. Falls du Kakteen zB im warmen Wohnzimmer stehen hast vertragen sie auch gelegentlich einen Schluck Wasser mehr als wenn Sie idealerweise kühl um die 10C oder so stehen. Aber da dann eben auch trocken. Hoffe das beantwortet Deine Frage? Wo hast Du Deine Kakteen im Winter stehen? Grüße, Joe
Sorry, habe mich erinnert, Du bist ja mit Deiner Sammlung in Kroatien, oder?; d.h. je nachdem wie Dein lokales Klima ist wirst Du wohl auch einen viel mildern Winter haben als ich hier, somit auch etwas mehr giessen können 😉👍🌵
@@cactusjoe Lieber Joe! Ich freu mich so über Deine Video's und Deine Rückmeldung. Man spürt wie viel Freude Du mit deinen Pflanzen hast und es ist toll, dass zu teilen. Ja, ich bin in Kroatien und die Winter sind im Norden recht 'mild'. Ich habe, stell dir vor wie sich der Mensch ändern kann, Kakteen Jahrzehnte lang absolut gar nicht gemocht. Dann, über die Sukkulenten plötzlich hat sich die liebe entwickelt. D.h. die Euphorbia (ich weiss, sind keine Kakteen, waren es aber für mich früher 😀) mochte ich schon immer. Und plötzlich, hole ich mir blaue Kakteen im Bauhaus, wegen der Farbe und eine kleine Liebe entflammt ... 😂😂. Meine kleine Sammlung an Kakteen steht, neben meinen anderen Pflanze , an einer grossen Suedfront (Schiebetür) bei momentan ca 5 bis 15 Grad. Überlege ob ich sie in einen kühleren Raum umziehen soll, da hätten sie aber viel viel weniger Licht. Mache tagsüber ab und am das Grow Light an und da bekommen sie zusätzlich noch Licht. Ja, ich gebe ihnen den winterüber sehr wenig Wasser. Bei den Lithops waren es nur Tropfen und werde bis Ende Januar nicht gießen. Ausnahme: Winterkaktus Wasser jetzt zur Blütezeit braucht.
Ich sende dir herzliche Grüße und freu mich auf dein nächstes Video 🌵☀️🎄☃️ Happy growing together
P.s. will demnächst zu Uhlig Kakteen. Will unbedingt diesem 'Marmorata....'