Flower Of Two-meter Cactus
By Fei Shao
@fei1125 (607)
Chengde, China
January 8, 2018 7:08am CST
Do you know anything about cactus? Except that it is the word you have to remember for English level test and its plural form is cactuses. The word "cactus" derives from the Ancient Greek words. As I know, cactus lives in extremely dry environments. I like cactus very much, as well as its spines. So when I planted cactus, I told my mother please don’t water it. But when I came back from work after a few months, I found my cactus is dead.
Why it was dead? My mother replied to me like this, you said that please don’t water it. Oh, my poor cactus.
Cactus can be grown for hardiness with low maintenance. Its flower is beautiful. The photo here is in the yard where I stay for three years, the cactus grows from a small one to more than two meters.
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@YrNemo (20255)
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8 Jan 18
I used to like cactus until I had to take care of lots of cacti. One day, I fell into the pile of them and had to spend a few days pulling out all the tiny thorns/hairs. Ouch that time
! Since then, I have avoided cacti cactus at all cost 
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(everyone laughed seeing me wrestling with the cacti that time, they thought that was so hilarious. The poor me didn't agree with them 
!)
! Since then, I have avoided cacti cactus at all cost .
(everyone laughed seeing me wrestling with the cacti that time, they thought that was so hilarious. The poor me didn't agree with them !)3 people like this
@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
8 Jan 18
I have cacti with flowers, but never so many as this one. Beautiful.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
8 Jan 18
Welcome to mylot, I have seen them while traveling, where I live its too cold for them and we can only see them in Green Houses. A green house is a glass house that is heated and they grow all kinds of rare flowers and plants.
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@nitirrbb7 (4317)
• India
9 Jan 18
We don't have cactus at our home but yours is really a nice one
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@nitirrbb7 (4317)
• India
10 Jan 18
@fei1125 And its worth the effort all you give in three years
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@fei1125 (607)
• Chengde, China
11 Jan 18
@nitirrbb7 Yes, I think so. But, I haven't do anything, it grows itself.
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@JSAph8888 (949)
• Philippines
8 Jan 18
You just recently joined myLot? Welcome to myLot, by the way. I don't like cactus. But a colleague gave me one. It's a small cactus in a small pot. At first, i put water on it then placed it in our garden. Then, as day goes by and one by one, the bottom leaves became yellowish and eventually became withered.
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
12 Jan 18
That's a tall cactus plant and the flowers are really beautiful
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@cttolledo (5454)
• Legaspi, Philippines
9 Jan 18
I love cactus too.. My mom used to take care of plants, she has a cactus also but not that awesome as yours. Your cactus is so amazing, hope my mom's cactus achieve such level.
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@cttolledo (5454)
• Legaspi, Philippines
10 Jan 18
@fei1125 She is using flowerpot. Now I know that it should be in the yard.. thanks for the new idea
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@fei1125 (607)
• Chengde, China
10 Jan 18
@cttolledo I think your hometown is good for cactus to live. So, hope one day your mother will have a cactus tree.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
8 Jan 18
they can survive on little water but they do need some to survive
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
9 Jan 18
@fei1125 hopefully future cacti will fare better for you. Don't give up
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@eliza_godinez12 (5724)
• Philippines
11 Jan 18
Wow, that looks really lovely. It's my first time seeing this with flowers.
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@allknowing (137553)
• India
9 Jan 18
That is a beautiful cactus I had that in my garden but not that tall. I had yet another cactus which had grown very tall but my gardeners ruined it. It is broken.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 Jan 18
Beautiful specimen of cactus (plural can be cacti as well). I grew up in Texas where cactus called prickly pear grow. I will add a photo.
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