Plants and creatures

Baby Ferret attacks Christmas Tree 4K Video Little creature having fun. How would you like to keep a ferret? If you have time visit  https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail. 

Bees on plants - Watch as bees visit several plants to collect pollen and nectar. If you have time visit  https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail. 

Fox Cubs Playing in the garden. If you have time visit  https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail. 

The mystery of the Halloween Pear.   You have never heard of the halloween pear? oh dear...you better find out then.  If you have time visit  https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail. 

Chickens eating prickly pears. They find the fruit to their liking. If you have time visit  https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail. 

Prickly Pears A cactus from Malta and many other locations. There are many health benefits of the prickly pear. It can lower cholesterol levels, improve digestive process, decrease the risk of diabetes, boost the immune system, stimulate bone growth, strengthen blood vessels, prevent certain cancers, reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s, aid in weight loss, and eliminate inflammation throughout the body. Prickly pear, Indian fig, opuntia, Barbary fig, prickly pear cactus, mission cactus, smooth mountain prickly pear, tuberous prickly pear, tuna cactus, nagfani. There are many health benefits of the prickly pear. It can lower cholesterol levels, improve digestive process, decrease the risk of diabetes, boost the immune system, stimulate bone growth, strengthen blood vessels, prevent certain cancers, reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s, aid in weight loss, and eliminate inflammation throughout the body.  

If you have time visit  https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail.  Gymnocalycium horstii buenekeri

Stapelia grandiflora and Gymnocalycium oenanthemum The plant is visited by flies which lay eggs on the flower. Carrion Plant - the Carrion flowers, also known as corpse flowers or stinking flowers, are flowers that emit an odor that smells like rotting flesh. Family Apocynaceae. Also known as carrion plant, starfish flower, giant toad plant, or starfish cactus If you have time visit https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail.

Stapelia Grandiflora 2017 The life of a stapelia. The carrion plant. When the flower blooms it attracts flies to get pollinated. To achieve this it produces a smell of dead flesh. https://youtu.be/9GdbX0D6HRo Stapelia asterias Watch the fly visit the flower. vid 1 https://youtu.be/3smAnGy6sY4 Stapelia. A visit by a fly Stapelia grandiflora Flowering September 2018 4K Video Watch the flies visiting the plant before it even flowers. Apocynaceae. Commonly known as carrion plant, starfish flower, giant toad plant, or starfish cactus If you have time visit https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail.

Gymnocalycium Ragonesii flowering

Amazing Cactus plants in the glasshouse at RHS Wisley Wisley - Henry Moore sculpture King and Queen  The Glass House RHS Wisley Gardens Echinopsis Spiniflora Echinopsis Peach Rebutia Euphorbia Horrida (m) Euphorbia Caput-medusa Euphorbia virosa Gymnocalcyium gibbosum Mammillaria vetula subsp gracilis Cleistocactus  Cleistocactus strausii euphorbia resinifera Echinopsis 'Ralph’s Orange' Echinopsis ‘Meryl! Sweeney'

Isabella plantation   Richmond upon Thames wonderful place for a visit.

Wisley - Henry Moore sculpture King and Queen  The Glass House RHS Wisley Gardens Echinopsis Spiniflora Echinopsis Peach Rebutia Euphorbia Horrida (m) Euphorbia Caput-medusa Euphorbia virosa Gymnocalcyium gibbosum Mammillaria vetula subsp gracilis Cleistocactus  Cleistocactus strausii euphorbia resinifera Echinopsis 'Ralph’s Orange' Echinopsis ‘Meryl! Sweeney'

A visit to RHS Wisley Gardens A visit to RHS Wisley Gardens Henry Moore sculpture King and Queen  The Glass House RHS Wisley Gardens Lots of beautiful cactus plants to see

Cactus with beautiful white flower If you have time visit  https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail. 

Cactus plants in a Greenhouse - Surrey UK Gymnocalycium horstii buenekeri, Euphorbia Obesa, Escobaria abdita, Astrophytum myriostigma, Disocactus flagelliformis, Echinocereus dasyacanthus , Lobivia, Echinocereus rigidisimus, Echinopsis, Euphorbia aggregata, Euphorbia restricta, Gymnocalycium oenanthemum, Gymnocalycium ragonesei, Lophophora williamesii, Mammillaria elongata, Mammillaria melaleuca, Mammillaria spinosissima, Mammillaria Vetula ssp Gracilis cv 'Arizona Snowcap, Matucana madisoniorum, Opuntia - Prickly Pears, Opuntia hystricina v. ursina ( polyacantha), Opuntia longspina, Opuntia microdasys, Orbea variegata, Pilosocereus pachycladus, Stapelia Grandiflora, Tephorocactus Articulatus var. papyracanthus, Tephrocactus Articulatus,

Visit to my Cactus Greenhouse If you have time visit  https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail. 

Blackbird recital  If you have time visit  https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail. 

Echinopsis with beautiful flowers Echinopsis Is a large genus of cactii native to South America, sometimes known as hedgehog cactus, sea-urchin cactus or Easter lily cactus.  So many similar Echinopsis plants it is difficult to put a specific name to this one. Suggestions welcome.

Lesser Stag Beetle   Dorcus parallelipipedus Just spotted this wandering around outside our house in Surrey UK

Gymnocalycium ragonesei If you have time visit  https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail. 

Tephrocactus Articulatus . originate in Argentina, very easy to grow. If you have time visit https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail.

Gymnocalycium Multiflorum If you have time visit  https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail.  Gymnocalycium horstii buenekeri, Euphorbia Obesa, Escobaria abdita, Astrophytum myriostigma, Disocactus flagelliformis, Echinocereus dasyacanthus , Lobivia, Echinocereus rigidisimus, Echinopsis, Euphorbia aggregata, Euphorbia restricta, Gymnocalycium oenanthemum, Gymnocalycium ragonesei, Lophophora williamesii, Mammillaria elongata, Mammillaria melaleuca, Mammillaria spinosissima, Mammillaria Vetula ssp Gracilis cv 'Arizona Snowcap, Matucana madisoniorum, Opuntia - Prickly Pears, Opuntia hystricina v. ursina ( polyacantha), Opuntia longispina, Opuntia microdasys, Orbea variegata, Pilosocereus pachycladus, Stapelia Grandiflora, Tephorocactus Articulatus var. papyracanthus, Tephrocactus Articulatus,

Bees on lavender Bees love lavender, make sure you have some in your garden. If you have time visit  https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail. 

Harry eating and Dexi watching  Fox and cat co-existing in the garden.. If you have time visit  https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail. 

Two cats in the bath .....will they stay in the bath if I fill it up? Do cats like to be in a bath? If you have time visit  https://sites.google.com/view/cactus-realm to have a look at some of my cactus plants in more detail.