I bought this healthy cactus 2 yrs ago. It had great treen cactus leaves , within 6month it had turned to this maroon coloured leaves , and has remained so ever since !
A cold day, but at least dry! My groceries were delivered this morning ! all correct except for NO EGGS! It seems the Avien flue is taking effect on both egg supply and poultry! I went down to the Aldi store and although the egg shelves were very depleted, I did manage to get 2x half dozen boxes of eggs there! Phew, I cannot imagine being without eggs!
Ooh Beryl you have a lobster Christmas cacti! No eggs….that’s disaster! Eggs are vital…. I’m thinking as well as the problem of time of the year plus shorter days combined with the reluctance if supermarkets to pay the producers their increased costs which unfortunately are large is all adding to the scarcity .
I love that. I have never seen one of those. Now I hope to find one and reading that Pat says it is a lobster cactus. Our grocery shelves are depleted at so many stores.
Nice capture, never seen one with leaves this colour. As with everything, as soon as they say something is in short supply, people go mad buying them & they end up having to be rationed!
Oh I think it’s beautiful. And it flowers too! I paid a king’s ransom for a dozen eggs today. All of the stores are out of heavy (whipping) cream. That has caused quite a stir on Facebook. Ha!
Unusual to see it with red leaves but it does look lovely. I am wondering if you put it outside during the summer months as that might have caused it. Good to hear you managed to get eggs I expect they have gone up in price now.
A fascinating maroon colour to these leaves, but a lovely shot with your cream coloured background. Like others, I agree with Pat (a lobster Christmas cactus). Glad you tracked down some eggs, Beryl.
Avien flu , staff shortages , post Brexit, post Covid, high fuel costs , cost of living crisis, energy prices , global warming all these things results in supply chain issues , it is hit and miss what's available on our supermarket shelves these days ...anyway nice cactus !!!
Glad you were able to buy some eggs.