Divine Cacti

A few weeks ago I decided to take my peyote babies out so they could get some sun. I thought it would be a good idea to acclimate them to the outside because I planned to keep them outside once they were older. I left them out in the yard and I went out to complete some chores.

To my horror when I returned and went to the yard to check up on my peyote I discovered that they were all missing. No doubt one or more of the birds that frequent the yard found them appetizing and pecked them out. Damn! I was bummed out. I was furious! I decided to get even with the birds which had now crossed the line from cute chirping birds to pests. As to what I did, well that's for me to know and for the world to wonder.

But anyway, I immediately contacted my source and purchased another batch of seeds. They arrived a couple of days ago and I decided to plant them today, June 22, the second day of summer, just after the solstice. I also went to a local cactus nursery and purchased a San Pedro (Trichocereus Pachonai.) So now I have a young San Pedro also growing.

After my previous peyote seedlings were pecked out I decided to re-water the pots, cover them with plastic, and let them sit outside, just in hopes that maybe a late bloomer would surface. And guess what? Yesterday I pulled back the plastic off of the pot that had the L.W. Coahuila seedlings and lo-and-behold, almost in the middle of the pot I spotted something green. It was a small green ball. I looked at it closely and realized it was a late bloomer! Another one of the seeds from my previous batch of peyote had sprouted! AWESOME!!!! Since I discovered it yesterday I'm going to say that the lone survivor from my previous batch was born on the summer solstice 2019.

Here's an awesome song for the divine cacti.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga5Db7POVKU