How do cacti and succulents survive in the desert?
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
- Exploring a desert habitat in Mexico to see first hand some of the survival mechanisms responsible for keeping a tiny cactus alive in the vast inhospitable desert.
On this episode we’ll see a healthy agave population living alongside Lophophora williamsii, Ancistrocactus, Ariocarpus and many other amazing xerophytes.
Just discovered your channel and binged a couple of videos while repotting my Astro seedlings. Great work, very calming. :)
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed them
Manuel! Continually blown away by the production value lately - this was a television worthy episode! These in-situ videos have been a comfort in the cold winter months where I live....muchas personas (como yo) nunca verán esas plantas en realidad y por eso somos agredecimos
Wow thanks so much for the kind words my friend! I’m glad you enjoy these in the cold haha
Fabulous Manuel🙌🥰I enjoyed watching
Glad you enjoyed it Newman, thanks for watching 🤓
Dormancy is a crazy thing with all these types of cacti. Mine all come inside, and they stay cometely dry from mid September to mid April (depending on how fall comes in and spring comes in). They stay in the back "mud room" right next to a south facing window. The dormancy thing is a lifesaver, really, as it saves these plants from ugly etoliation.
Now we want to meet your videographer!!!!
I put my lophophoras to the basement in winter. 5-12°C with no artifical light, bone dry, and only some light from a tiny window. been doing that for 20 years. i use fans to make sure the air moves at least 1-2 times a day. but that's about it. you can even over-winter them in a shoebox, as long as it's cold and dry and the plant is in full dormancy.
Amazing video.
It's such a blessing that we can secondarily experience the habitat.
Thank you for sharing the experience and knowledge!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for coming along 🤓
Thank you for sharing your life interest with us. Another great video.
My pleasure! Thanks for watching Bill!
Thanks for video !
Here in North we keep cacti dry and cool +12 C°in winter, they shivering but keep ok, and all is ok again after the first watering.
So this dark cloudy mist time is so close to the conditions we have to keep them in North. The quantity of light of course is less... So every grower makes the watering in accordance with the sun power at their place.😅 So the fog is a perfect condition for cacti to continue to keep the power to spring. But at North as the sun is extremely low we have to no water the and no spray... About the total darkness some people also keep cacti in the dark and cold +5...+8 C° but after they need to be protected from sun for the first time..
You’re welcome! That’s interesting that after winter they must be protected from the sun and it totally makes sense! They get tender just like humans after we don’t see the sun for months hahaha
@@RareCactus yeah, and second reason is because April sun is much stronger than in July, it fall under the different angle and more burning in comparison with summer sun. This is just my experience.
Hi Manuel. Fantastic video as always. Since u mentioned d weather was cold, I'd only lately realised d reason y my succulents esp r not doing well in my garden despite d very hot and wet weather, it's because there's no 'cold' periods for them to thrive and b stressed(so dat they produce colourful leaves etc.) !! So, I'm thinking of placing them indoors where I hav d air conditioning on for most of d day! With d sunlight coming thru d rather transparent curtains! Let's hope dis works. Next alternative wld b to install one or two cool air blowers in my garden!! 😅
You’re definitely onto something. They need the cold nights and also cold winters in order to thrive, since that’s the conditions they evolved in! I also don’t have much cold in winter or at night and do use fans 😅
Beautiful stuff. Wish I lived near a desert. Never stop with the anti poaching messaging!!!!!!
You and me both! Haha There are no cacti in south Florida where I live. Will do 🫡
Lophophora and Copiapoa show
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Agave are related to asparagus and that’s all I see now that I know that😂😂
That makes a lot of sense. Hahahaha
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Agave americana is invasive in my country. It's a nice plant though.🙄
Oh crap! Haha where are you from my friend?
@@RareCactus Portugal.
Agave americana is the most common, very common on coastal cliffs, but there are other Agave spécies, A. ferox, A. atenuatta, and, at least, one Yucca, Y. aloifolia. There are also Cactaceae species widely used as live fences like Opuntia elata, Opuntia ficus-indica, and Austrocylindropuntia subulata. 🙂
mostly how they only survive in the desert...
Pretty mind blowing 🤯