18 Cacti That Will Blow Your Mind! | Rare Cactus Unboxing 

I never tire of “ learning” about different plants…I never want to limit my knowledge

Love the long form stuff! Keep talking and we’ll keep listening!Just turned 50 last week and at midnight I’m drinking a beer and listening to you! So just so you know 20 years from now you can be doing the same thing. Only I’ll be 70, drinking a beer and listening to you at midnight!!!

Normally don’t watch hour long planty videos cause I get bored. However you young man are very charismatic and could watch all day. And before anyone jumps to any conclusions I’m old enough to be your mother 😜😂 Great video as always Pete actually liked all the Cacti you purchased. Was the root stock all the same cactus apart from the long one?

I am currently obsessed with cacti and succulents and have added a ton of them to my collection as of late so this video was right up my alley!

Welcome to the world of succulents. I’ve been collecting and growing them for over 20 years. I am just getting into aroids and I have stayed away from Anthuriums and Alocasias because I have been so spoiled with the care required of succulents. I know their limits and it matches my personality. They thrive on neglect. Anthuriums and Alocasias scare me haha

You remind me of when I first discovered Tillandsias. I was so intrigued that I have close to 50 in my collection. I have 3 cacti & 6 succulents. However, aroids are still my first love. I just find that plants are so different…even in the same species; there’s always interest in watching them grow…even if they’re slow & prickly. Congrats & good luck on your new found love.

My plant collection actually started with cacti and succulents! I’m obsessed with the rare versions that have unique colors and shapes.

Great video! I'm midway through... Twenty years ago, I started with succulents, which were hard to find in my small town area. I had a ton though and very quickly migrated into cacti instead. They were my main jam for quite awhile. Cacti are still high on my list even though I got into houseplants about 15 years ago. I will still snatch up a unique one if I find one! Most of the Cacti I have are the same ones I got long ago. Unique ones are still hard to find around here unfortunately. My pride and joy one (unknown species) is big enough, he wears a human size Santa hat for Christmas! 😆 Anyway, super enjoying your videos, definitely including this unboxing!

Love my cacti, my favorite are peyote, so adorable with their little tuffs. Toothpicks are fantastic for pollenating, currently have over 100 babies growing up in my window.

Some other really cool cacti: Eulychnia castanea, Lophocereus schotti f. monstrosus, Tephrocactus geometricus, Astrophytum capricorne niveum, Hylocalycium chimera, Ferocactus histrix! Admittedly, whenever I killed a cactus, I killed it within a few days 😂 Especially with overwatering they turn into mush very quickly. Somehow I also managed to underwater a cactus once and it literally started deflating. It was hilarious to look at but luckily I was able to bring it back with a good watering. Cacti are great and in my experience pretty fast growers as well given the right care!

The paint brush to clean them off is the best idea!!!!

Omg peaches has so much personality 😍

Great video! I love my Hoyas and philodendron, but cacti have been my recent obsession lately as well. They are so weird and unique.

Too funny. “I’ll be watching you” really is a stalker song. I always laughed when ppl dedicated it as a romantic song back in the old days on the radio. 😂 Pencil is great tip. Co-sign on that. Markers failed me for years. I’ve stepped my label game up. Aluminum tags for outside plants/trees. Print vinyl labels from maker on the pots for indoors. Why did I think Thanos! When you rocked that glove? All you needed was a snap!

Took me 3 days to finish this video lol. Never been into cacti but they're very interesting indeed u're making me wanna go read lots about them.

And the trouble begins… you’re gonna be telling us you’re adding on greenhouses to “accommodate your plants”. 🍿time *goes to watch for more chuckling fun*

I've got my eye on a Echinocereus rigidissimus, the Arizona Rainbow Hedgehog. I was never that into cacti but that one is really cool looking and has beautiful flowers.

Gymnocalycium mihanovichii looks beautiful especially with the little blotches of pink red. When it comes to plants with me I really don't care what it is so long as I can propagate it. The propagation of plants has always been so freaking fascinating to me.

Hi Pete from Dublin Ohio.. I too love cactus .. Use to live in Phoenix Arizona and fell in love.. Now I have some of AZ. in my home .. Also love euphorbias. Good luck on your cactus venture.

I'm for sure more invested in aroids but I live in a high altitude desert like climate so I've collected some cacti and succulents because...dry climate! Our capital city Botanical Garden has a spring sale every spring that I've gotten some nice specimens from

🐸🧦 Great video Pete! Cacti have some of the most unexpectedly beautiful flowers

That “ nap” was needed!

I'm here primarily for the cacti & succulents, appreciate the aroids though

Peaches is just smacking mice while you gab on about plants!

I'm a big fan of succulents but I avoid cacti because I don't like getting poked. The only one I own is a variegated prickly pear that doesn't have the prickles. I like touching my plants I like having a big variety in my plant collection. That's probably why Hoya is my favorite genus. But I try to have a little bit of everything because it's fun to experience new plants

Hi!!!! I just came across your vid even tho its a year old. The whole reason i clicked on it cuz I saw the magic word - "Cactus"❗❗❗ Cactuses are the ONLY plants i do. I have about 300 of them & steadily growing! I dont do aroids & monsteras & all that other fancy stuff like everyone else seems to be into. I got into cactuses just about 2 years ago, before then i didnt think plants just wernt my cup of tea. But cactuses have a whole different appeal about them! They are a symbol of strength & endurance! They also teach us that no matter how tough life may get-- the desert storms, the rain for days & days, the predators trying to devour us or a cacti, the cacti just keeps on pushing through! They only get tougher through the hard times! Heck, they can be beheaded & they can grow back not just 1 extra head but sometimes 5 extra & more!!! When i grow up i want to be a Cactus!!!! I enjoyed watching your video, but i probably never seen u b4 before because u do all those fancy pants plants. The foo-foo plants lol, but i personally would LOVE to see you do more videos about cactuses!! You seem like a very intelligent man, getting to study biology in the past, was that what u said?!! Very intresting. But regardless, whatever u decide to do or other vids to make, i wish u the best of luck, Loads of subcribers & have lots of FUN!!! Thanks again for the fun vid! Was nice to "meet" ya😊 Sincerely, Anita

Watching you un-wrap your new haul...... I get the cacti thing, I recently purchased a blue torch cactus. It is super stunning. I desperately want a spiral cacti. The more the freaky the better. Enjoy.... So avoided any kind of prick joke. ❤️🌵❤️

Lots of cool Cacti 😍💚

omg you are describing my life. i'll just lie down for a few minutes, i have work to do, and then next thing i know 4 hours are gone.

Loving the Cacti content 👌🏻👏🏼

As you get into the cacti just a suggestion, I use regular surgical gloves when handling mine to re pot. They don’t jab through them and it allows for better dexterity without having bulky gloves on.Can you give any suggestions on how often and how you go about watering your cacti?

Love that S. lancifer. Now I want to buy some cacti 😳

Mate! I’m with you, I have over 500 plants and it’s 50/50 cacti and aroids! I’ll post a video soon Of my collection but I like what I like. 😂

I’m into it! Any weirdo plants, I’m all about it.

Potted cactus without there pots are surprisingly pretty light. My big ones outside in the ground are just the opposite, it’s hard to believe how heavy they are. There’s a popular post card from here in Arizona of a Saguaro that fell and crushed a car.

i really love cacti, but really only for their aesthetic. They aren't super rewarding since they take soooo long to grow. Also you dont have to do muchj to care for them, which i guess for a plant helicopter parent that gets boring lol. Although, when speaking about being rewarding, one of the best things about cacti is when they flower, sooooo amazing! but has only happened for me once or twice.

Great video Pete, glad to see the love of cacti on your channel. They're just amazing forces of nature, true survivors. You need to get a booby cactus next, or there are 🍆 cacti as well 🤣 somehow I think you'd appreciate those 😆 Have a look at aloe as well, so many colour combos, shapes, and sizes. As always, a fun and informative watch. Sending well wishes from the 🇬🇧

Another Aussie I can follow ! 🙂 Do you know Sydney Plant Guy ? I follow him and Kylie and Bruno who are card makers, another hobby of mine. I was bitten by cacti back in the early 1970s when still in high school. Most of the plants I have now were newly purchased last year. Have gotten through the winter with only one casualty (a Dykia). I have several starting to flower now and others coming out of winter dormancy. I live in Wisconsin USA near lake Michigan. Happy growing !!!

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Thanks dude, for pushing me down a rabbit hole 😂😂😂

Hi i have just come across your RU-vid channel i am in tasmania and i grow my cactus from seeds i am in to astrophytum and gymnocalycium from and ferocactus and mammillaria i love seeing what come from seeds its new year eve

Hopefully you're not allergic to the new plants! Not interested in growing cacti myself but they are fascinating!

I can confirm this, don’t water straight away, if you can avoid having the soil in contact with the flesh of the cactus this is a good way to prevent rot, this can be done by putting a 1cm layer of grit on the top of the soil

Cool plants! The containers are looking a bit large for some plants though, maybe?

You should get the roadkill cactus,it's pretty cool

I started out collecting cacti and succulents but kinda lost interest when I got into hoya and aroids. I think it’s about the growth rate. But I’ve bern thinking about getting an Euphorbia obesa or a Pachypodium again. .

Next hoya or the non vegan carniverous plants ? Next to aroids and succulents (i love lithops ) those are ones I am getting into as well. I dont like the grafted look though, would it work if you burried the bottom part totally?Also you wouldnt be able to see if the grafted one was poached because the roots are cut of. I need a loads bigger house ;)

Dammit Pete. Just when I stop spending money on plants, now I drop $75 on a variegated euphorbia just to get a ticket on the crazy train.

Hi thank you so much your video just help me a lot because I just got a lovely cactus by mail and was wondering if plant and water or just let him heal for some tine thank you your video it’s great!

Crystal fairy and the magical cactus

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Hi Pete, do you like lithops?

If you like “alien rocks” you’ve got to check out lithops. They’re known as split rock plants but my 4 year old calls them butt plants 😂

Can we please get an aeroponics update soon😅😅

Tongs work well with cactus , just means you will have to raid wives kitchen...opps

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Maybe you’re allergic to beer 😂

With no offense Pete but we are not here for cacti but rare aroids 🙈

Have you ever mentioned you have adhd? Because you are just like me 😂

You must’ve needed the sleep.

Easy to get sucked in to other plant varieties. Those cactus look interesting, but spikes are not for me. Air plants on the other hand.....

Cacti sucked me into aroids. Lol look into Pereskias ;)

they all look the same 👀

War of the Worlds..! A favorite ❤😁