15 December 2007
One unhappy plant
Posted by Stuart under: Cacti .
Pereskia are the most primitive of the cacti; they’re more like “normal” plants, with recognisably distinct stems and leaves.
And they’re not supposed to be very hard to grow. Nobody told mine though. My Pereskia bleo has, since early this year, been caught in a perpetual cycle of growing a handful of new leaves, and then shedding the lot.
It’s currently on a windowsill in the kitchen, and is just starting to put forth some tiny new leaves. Whether they’ll last is anyone’s guess.
It should look like this