Last year when we went to Disney World, I bought a couple of footed, EPCOT themed mugs to plant cactus in. I saw Mickey mugs that were basically the lower half of Mickey, just his shorts and legs and one arm, but thought that might be a lot to try to get back home in our luggage. So, this January, while we were at Disneyland I bought a couple of Mickey and Minnie mugs to plant in.
I've been to Watson's and Windmill nurseries looking for a couple of succulents to plant in them. Here's what I came up with.
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| I actually bought this blue cactus from the Dig Nursery booth at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. |
I don't know for sure but I think the blue cactus is some kind of Pilocereus.
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| Minnie got a Madagascar Palm aka Pachypodium -- I thought her top ring of leaves looked kind of like hair |
They're living for now in the upstairs guest bathroom. There's no room out in the greenhouse.
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| The blue cactus was planted kind of low in the pot, I thought, so I planted it up a bit higher. I hope that works out, even if it does look a bit gross. I was afraid of it rotting, planted so low. |
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| The top of the cactus also looks kind of hairy |
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| Minnie is prickly too |
Through a series of mishaps and miscommunication we actually ended up with a second set of Mickey and Minnie Mouse mugs (for free, courtesy of The Walt Disney Corp.) So I planted them up too.
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| Mickey and Minnie II |
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| The tag on this just said "Cactus." I like the striations on it. |
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| This is Aloe imalotensis. It has some nice stress coloring on it. |
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| They keep me company behind the kitchen sink. |
