Hello to everyone i am new to this forum and new to collecting cacti, i have all types of pots available to me... just let me know what type of pots and i will see how i go... i can often get them for free but if not i can get them at a very discounted price. i am currently the print manager for garden city plastics in adelaide where we manufacture print and distribute a huge range of pots and accessories. i look forward to meeting you all and hope that i can contribute greatly to the forum

Hi Darren, welcome to the forum

thanks vicki

Hey Darren welcome to our forum.

thank you very much kanje its good to hear all these stories and i cant wait to share my cacti experience...my wife just thinks im nuts she is so wrong...i think?

she is so wrong...i think?

I once had some of my girlfriend's mates over and they thought my collection was a psychological sign that I was gay but was afraid to confront it. All this because they saw some of the phallic and spiny ones.
Hmmm... how insightful.

Most people will never understand.

Hehehehe that is pure gold KanJe.


Of course she is wrong Darren, it is just a healthy hobby that will soon turn to a healthy addiction that will then turn into a healthy obsession

Darren, you are not nuts!

But you soon will be if you are a true cactophile .

As HN says it most definitely turns into an obsession! I started off with a few small succulents, then I did some research and 'discovered' cacti. Saw some I liked and they joined the collection. Now a year later I no longer have a front verandah, I have them inside on the windowsill, I have 6 small greenhouses in various places and they have even found their way into the garden!!! The names of cacti is also something that will send you over the edge.

Welcome to the addiction,

i am pretty sure i am already obsessed and i only have about 6 cacti... i dream cacti, i go over cacti names in my head, i check my cacti almost every hour when im home and when i google the word cactus there is no sites that i have not looked at. I have to go to about the 15th page before a site comes up blue and not purple. i am going to build a big greenhouse so that i can just keep buying and germinating!!!!!

...welcome to the club...

thanks lewis

haha! you have the disease all right. welcome!

thanks gracie

this thread is hilarious!
here's to many more

here here afdter e few beers going to bed bye