Cacti – Boys with Plants

Boy of the Week

64. Rafa

By TropicaLoco Feb 12, 2020

“If you kill a cactus, you are a bad person…”

@tara_desert

Rafa García García, 39, Spainish

Asturias, Spain

Biologist

Favourites: My favourite plants are cacti and succulent plants. I like it Astrophytum, Copiapoa, Lithops, Mammillaria and Gymnocalycium.

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Boy of the Week

63. Brace

By TropicaLoco Feb 04, 2020

“Nobody likes soggy soil, including your plants.”

@plantbraced

Brace Tiemann, 22, American

Philadelphia, Missouri, USA

Life Insurance Agent

Favourites: Euphorbia and other tall cacti!

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Boy of the Week

54. Keaton

By TropicaLoco Nov 19, 2019

“Don’t beat yourself up over killing plants, we all do it! We grow, we kill, we learn!”

@vardengardens

Keaton Varden, 20, Cambodian

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

Student

Favourites: I’m a definitely a lover of all plants, but cacti have always been my favorite. I just love the wide variety and uniqueness of every single one of them.

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Green Thumbs

How to make a mini succulent garden (with dad’s help!)

Every summer I visit my parents’ home, I ask my dad the same question: how did you make those fabulous succulents and cacti bowls? The answer is always the same: you just plant them in a pot and they grow together. He was right – or almost, since cacti can be painful to work with. I asked him to help me create a step by step guide for all us plant lovers. Yeah! (more…)