Peyote Cuteness!

Lately, it seems I've been searching for hard to find cacti and succulents. This can become an interesting rabbit hole, leading to all kinds of eccentric people with passions for obscure species. Passions strong enough to get them to travel thousands of miles and go on expeditions for seeds in the wilds clear across the planet.  This is what they do, it is how they roll, and once you get them started, just get comfy, because you'll be there a while. One of these meandering conversations led to the purchase of peyote seeds. No, not that kind. Lophophora williamsii, the infamous hallucinogenic is not legal for sale, which is fine by me, because I don't think I could bear to harvest it. These little cacti (Lophophora diffusa) are so cute. They look like green bellybuttons. And they are easily grown from seed. They popped up in 3 days. 5 out of 6 germinated. So if you're interested in an easy small indoor cacti any species of peyote cacti available for retail is a surprisingly easy choice.

Lophophora diffusa. (painting by Georgia Luiz)

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