Combination Colours and Spines

Hi for all my friends who love cactus and succulents. In this content i want to sharing about what i like about cactus that part of succulents by the way. Yeah cactus is part of succulent but not all succulent are cactus so its different.
So,Let's back to the topic. Do you know what makes cactus appealing for collection?

For me, I am interesting with its shape and spines in the beginning. but after collecting so many cactus in last 2 years i am somehow love the colours too especially Gymnocalycium Genus.
The variegata of its skin makes pattern of colours that will make spoil my eyes in moments
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This for example the vibrant colour and combination of the red colour and green colour make it very beautiful in my eyes and make my mind calm. What do you think about its colour?

Not only the body colours. The spines make it beatifull too. its like photogenic model.

The interesting part, the colours can be made genetically and the spines too from crossing breed and called Hybrid.
I have a lot hybrid cactus that different colours,shapes and spines. but it make my garden so beautifull you know

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If you want to have it and keeping it you can search the name of cactus Gymnocalycium Mihanovitchii Hybrid or Gymnocalycium Hybrid. it is not to hard to get.And i will share you a little tips to maintain this plant

First you must make sure that the root not wet before plant
Second you must check that the root healthy (brown to black colours of the root you must cut it before its spread to core of the cactus,usually the colours like that sign of the cactus infected in virus or fungi)
Third make sure you prepared soil that have plenty of nutrition that slowing release and having very good drainage (to wet and moist can make the root infected by fungi)
Fourth dont to rushing place your cactus in too much exposure if sunrays,make it little by little.Slowly but sure y'know
Fifth Yeah if in your country to moist you can spray 2 times a week (just spray is okay but if you want to watering the plant makes sure the drainage of your soil good enaough)
but if your country too hot i think 3-4 times a weeks is good

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Next i want to share about hybrid. Usually,hybrid based from flower seed. They mix up from one flower to another flower to make new hybrid species but same genus. For example, flower from this picture above (if it flowers) cross breed in this picture above

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So if they have sharing genetic the colours,spines even the shapes can be different from its mother plant
that's why genus Gymnocalycium is so much variations and so many cultivars that make it worth for collection. The hybrid itself can made new variegata for the body. Basically,variegata is abnormality in their leaves in cactus case it will affect the body. so it will change the colours of the body.

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As you can see Variegata somehow make it beauty and make it special not just abnormal and weird.
So what do you think about combination of colours and spines in cactus plants?
it is unique or not?
leave a comment if you like and kindly upvote my content if you like
and sorry if my english not very good,hoping you can enjoy my content. Thank you so much

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