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# Cactus Island Nursery

 Specializing in Columnar Cacti of the Caribbean, Florida and Latin America. Cactus Island nursery TM 2020

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- [Wooly Nipple Cactus in Bloom and Fruit](https://cactusislandacres.com/wooly-nipple-cactus-in-bloom-and-fruit/) - Mammillaria nivosa, the wooly nipple cactus, is native to a number of Caribbean islands. I bought these two mature plants a couple of years ago and they’ve grown into large display specimens. Origin is Mesa Garden #811 seed. They’ve come a long way since I harvested and germinated first seeds two years ago, and there
- [Indian Comb Cacti Have Grown Into Cannons](https://cactusislandacres.com/indian-comb-cacti-have-grown-into-cannons/) - The giant Indian comb cacti that I grew from seed germinated in summer of 2018 have grown into cannons. I just shipped out the largest one to a customer yesterday. Most are 40-44 inches tall and growing vigorously. Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum is one of the world's largest species with the potential to reach 49ft in height
- [Where Can You Find Your Own Mini-Saguaro?](https://cactusislandacres.com/where-can-you-find-your-own-mini-saguaro/) - It's the perfect "mini-saguaro" for your Florida yard; the Myrtillocactus geometrizans has edible berry-sized fruit similar to plum and blueberry and can take 15f with frost covering in N. Florida, provided that you have a gritty, well-draining mix amended pit in the yard, or in a large pot. These are in 3gal pots, will grow
- [Little Florida Semaphore Cactus from Offset Sterile Fruit](https://cactusislandacres.com/little-florida-semaphore-cactus-from-offset-sterile-fruit/) - These little guys are Consolea corallicola - the Florida semaphore cactus - sporting some new tiny pads growing out of sterile fruit that have flowered and dropped to the ground, thus having vegetatively propagated to become new plants. I picked each up with long pliers and rooted them by sticking the detached ends in potted
- [Stunning Blue Cacti in Bloom](https://cactusislandacres.com/stunning-blue-cacti-in-bloom/) - It's been a bloomy couple of weeks at Cactus Island here just southwest of Gainesville in Williston, FL. The classic wooly blue cacti plus it's rare genusmate Pilosocereus aff. flexibilixpinus with tufts of gold wool, dark needles have been going nuts. Neither are self-fertile, and the genus almost never gets pollinated here naturally. I use
- [Padhenge: Born Last Fall on a Trade and a Whim](https://cactusislandacres.com/padhenge-born-last-fall-on-a-trade-and-a-whim/) - Padhenge materialized last fall in an unexpected trade with highly knowlegeable friends and customers from way north Florida near the Georgia border. This blank part of the house lawn was screaming out for completion, vexing in its unrealized potential for six years. I specialize primarily in Columnar and native Florida cactus species, but after driving
- [Cactus Cannons and Candelabros for Sale](https://cactusislandacres.com/cactus-cannons-and-candelabros-for-sale/) - These things are getting huge! Lots of wooly blue torch Pilosocereus pachycladus, giant Indian comb Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum, Cuban organpipe Stenocereus fimbriatus, Pilosocereus pachycladus ssp. viridis, Mexican blueberry cactus Myrtillocactus geometrizans, and many more. $100-$300 for most really large plants depending on height and rarity. We're open by appointment and just southwest of Gainesville, FL. We
- [Native Florida Cactus, Winter Highlights](https://cactusislandacres.com/native-florida-cactus-winter-highlights/) - Despite a horribly cold winter beyond what I hoped possible with weeks of nights at or below freezing as low as 17f, all of the greenhouse cacti made it through just fine with propane heat. And, the Florida and Caribbean cactus stone garden has been productive in fruit and bloom while covered in its phase
- [Summer Cactus Promenade Walk plus the Three Florida Harrisia species - Three Videos](https://cactusislandacres.com/summer-cactus-promenade-walk-plus-the-three-florida-harrisia-species-three-videos/)
- [Taller Cacti and More Pups](https://cactusislandacres.com/taller-cacti-and-more-pups/) - We're enjoying the notable growth in height, thickness, pups and arms on the seed-stock plants in Cactus Island's permanent collection this summer. The fastest growing of the Key tree cactus batch put growth into roots after I up-potted to 1gal pots, then resumed skyward growth. The rest of them are catching up since spring. The
- [Four Fruit on Pilosocereus aff. flexibilispinus CS140](https://cactusislandacres.com/four-fruit-on-pilosocereus-aff-flexibilispinus-cs140/) - Pilosocereus aff. flexibilispinus yielded four hard-won, controlled pollination fruit this spring. I've cleaned and dried the third out four fruit and waiting for the last one to pop. This is the second of four harvested yesterday afternoon. I almost missed seeing it, with all of the work I had for the day. This morning's fruit,
- [Tall, Mature and Uncommon Cacti for the Luxury Estate](https://cactusislandacres.com/tall-mature-and-uncommon-cacti-for-the-luxury-estate/) - Cactus Island Nursery is about the only place in Florida where you can find very large and uncommon columnar cactus for sale. I grow nearly every one of them from seed and it takes many years to get these gorgeous, spiky plants to 3ft, 4ft and even 6ft tall. If you're looking to design and
- [Native Florida Cactus and the Caribbean & Florida Stone Cactus Garden: 2024 Highlights](https://cactusislandacres.com/native-florida-cactus-and-the-caribbean-florida-stone-cactus-garden-2024-highlights/) - Everything I've grown and built at Cactus Island Nursery has exceeded what I'd hoped for after over five years of work and a big move to North Central Florida. My mother and I have built and maintain a productive homestead on top of that. The first two Key tree cactus - Pilosocereus robinii - are
- [Three Distinct Island Populations of Royen's Tree Cactus - A Short Video](https://cactusislandacres.com/three-distinct-island-populations-of-royens-tree-cactus-a-short-video/)
- [Spring Cactus Flowers Everywhere](https://cactusislandacres.com/spring-cactus-flowers-everywhere/) - I don't think I've ever had so many flowers at the cactus farm at one time, and some uncommon ones at that. The really wooly blue Pilosocereus with curly white wool on every areole is some kind of hybrid from California, and I'm guessing someone crossed Brazilian P. pachycladus with Mexican P. leucocephalus or P.
- [Pilosocereus aff. flexibilispinus Flowers and Fruit](https://cactusislandacres.com/pilosocereus-aff-flexibilispinus-flowers-and-fruit/) - The huge spiny cannons from Sitio Grande, Bahia in Brazil finally produced flowers on more than one stem, and close enough together in time that I was able to gather and freeze the pollen from one plant and tap it on another flower, yielding my first fruit. Tonight I did another and might have a
- [New Videos](https://cactusislandacres.com/new-videos/)
- [Growing Bigger](https://cactusislandacres.com/growing-bigger/) - Approaching Winter Solstice and the lowest light levels of the year I did not expect to still be seeing such noticeable growth in a short time on all the cacti, and where I had repotted the largest of each species, even more stunning thickness and height in just three weeks. The warm Fall helped. It
- [It's Always Cactember at Cactus Island.](https://cactusislandacres.com/its-always-cactember-at-cactus-island/) - Especially at blossoming and wooly growth times. A 6am seniors-only grocery store run last week surprised us with the tail end of open flowers on these night blooming Cereus Peruvianus/Hildemannianus as we walked over to the Jeep to leave. Made our morning and the rest of the day. The Pilosocereus aff flexibilispinus "Sitio Grande, Bahia"
- [Uncommon Columnar Cacti growing in the Nursery](https://cactusislandacres.com/uncommon-columnar-cacti-growing-in-the-nursery/) - I'm just nuts about columnar cacti! Here are some photos from my "little green Ferrari parking lot" section of the nursery. They are grown from seeds that I've patiently sought and acquired. Many years ago I was stunned to learn that several genera of columnar cactus occurred in Florida and Caribbean islands, not just out
- [Three New Videos from Cactus Island Nursery](https://cactusislandacres.com/three-new-videos-from-cactus-island-nursery/)
- [The Key Tree Cactus at Cactus Island](https://cactusislandacres.com/the-key-tree-cactus-at-cactus-island/) - This is the cactus that started it all for me: the Florida Key tree cactus, Pilosocereus robinii. It is our largest - a green, branching columnar cactus that can reach 33 feet in height with many arms, and what a few of us here call “Florida’s own saguaro”. Occurring only in the Florida Keys inside
- [WUFT Artistry in Motion Features paintings of James V. Freeman](https://cactusislandacres.com/wuft-artistry-in-motion-features-paintings-of-james-v-freeman/) - James Freeman
- [A Year of Progress](https://cactusislandacres.com/a-year-of-progress/) - A couple of photos of my mom shows how happy she is with everything we've improved within the span of ten months, and her new dress catching the sunset compliments the exotic flowers and fruit everywhere. The new sunroom porch beautifully completes the oasis view of the back of the house, and the final four
- [Color and Form;  Edible and Not](https://cactusislandacres.com/color-and-form-edible-and-not/) - Cactus Island finally has the famous "life saver" plant everyone is talking about in the world of succulents. It was an extra gift with Ma's purchase of an outdoor rocker on Marketplace a few weeks back. Huernia zebrina is a Stapeliad succulent from South Africa - not a cactus. Similar to our starfish Stapelia, the
- [Bluebird Chicks](https://cactusislandacres.com/bluebird-chicks/) - "Somebody gimme a treatstick! I'm hungry! Oh goodie.....it's Bird Lady! Maybe she's got one in her pocket for me!" I don't think this bluebird chick would have cared which hand or beak fed it, had I reached over onto the roses and pulled off one of the grasshoppers to give it. The parents work in
- [A Forest of Native Florida Cactus](https://cactusislandacres.com/a-forest-of-native-florida-cactus/) - I took the greenhouse tent canopy off early this Spring, expecting to get some growth with the stronger light, but this blew my mind. To all I met at recent Florida plant shows, here is the video of the tall "bamboo" forest of aboriginal prickly apple cactus I promised - and thank you for your
- [Cactus Flowers Open at Night](https://cactusislandacres.com/cactus-flowers-open-at-night/) - This past week four have opened so far, and many more are budding on the aboriginal prickly apples. The mahogany and rose colors on the hypanthium and sepals distinguish this species' flowers. I'll be mesh bagging others now that both species are in bloom at the same time, to avoid possible hybridizations. Here are the
- [Some Cereus Spring Flowering](https://cactusislandacres.com/some-cereus-spring-flowering/) - One year later, the other Florida Harrisia species I'm growing has finally come into bloom! The aboriginal prickly apple cactus, Harrisia aboriginum, is sporting flower morphology true to description and with luck will produce bright yellow fruit. Because of habitat destruction, this endemic cactus is critically endangered and almost went extinct in it's Southwest Florida
- [New Greenhouses, Last Blooms and Fruit Before Winter](https://cactusislandacres.com/new-greenhouses-last-blooms-and-fruit-before-winter/) - The downside of mega propagation of cactus is where to put them all come Winter. The last couple months of Fall bring worry over preparedness, then ideas and effort prevail. I am getting closer after setting up and securing cactus greenhouses #5-8. Now comes the heavy work of building doorjambs and insulated doors on all
- [James V. Freeman, "Curious Observations", Museum of Art - DeLand](https://cactusislandacres.com/james-v-freeman-curious-observations-museum-of-art-deland/) - In a couple of weeks my solo exhibition at the Museum of Art - DeLand in Florida opens. There is a lot of newer work that hasn't yet seen the light of day, and I am excited to finally showcase these paintings in public view. Given the re-pandemic and health risks in holding a densely
- [Evening Magic in Photos and  a Video](https://cactusislandacres.com/evening-magic-in-photos-and-a-video/) - This mantis has been eating well, because everything in there looks healthy enough to put on such a show in the absence of destructive bugs, though tonight the place was abuzz with pollinators. That horsefly in the video at 0.38 was following me as I walked through making it. I'm looking at a dozen flowers
- [Sand Pear Harvest and Canning](https://cactusislandacres.com/sand-pear-harvest-and-canning/) - The lion's share ripened on two sand pear trees so overladen that the branches wept like an ornamental cherry, so I put aside cactus this week for the kitchen. With over 500 pear to peel and core staring up at me from the bushel basket, I started several very long multiple shifts along with my
- [From Bud to Fruit in 46 Days](https://cactusislandacres.com/from-bud-to-fruit-in-46-days/) - No, this is not some unusual variety of dwarf watermelon we're growing at Cactus Island. That little black cactus bud I shared on June 8th? It flowered, fruited and grew into by far the largest fruit I've ever seen on any species of Pilosocereus. This eight foot plus Brazilian P. azureus took about 12 years
- [Taste of July](https://cactusislandacres.com/taste-of-july/) - This has been the summer of cucurbits, especially Seminole pumpkin and watermelon which have taken over the organic beds for the season. We are not disappointed, and neither are our birds or the way-too-tame deer that abuses Cactus Island as its personal salad bar. Despite the relentless young buck that thinks I'm playing tag with
- [Mega Bloom Video, Fragrant Prickly Apple](https://cactusislandacres.com/mega-bloom-video-fragrant-prickly-apple/) - Tonight the flowers and bugs are out in Tent #2, so I made and spliced together three video clips of six Harrisia fragrans buds swelling to open, expanding and finally, nearly open. That side of the tent provided a bit of a miracle and the right conditions because three quarters of the stems are now
- [Eleven Months from First Flower](https://cactusislandacres.com/eleven-months-from-first-flower/) - Last year's seed project from my Caribbean tree cactus from Puerto Rico was wildly successful. All those germination trays with tiny green plants kept growing and have been up-potted to plug trays where they're quickly gaining size and white wool. Some seeds made it around the world and even into a botanical museum in Thailand.
- [More Bugs, Things that Eat Them and One that Would Eat the Observer](https://cactusislandacres.com/more-bugs-things-that-eat-them-and-one-that-would-eat-the-observer/) - More crawlies - not sorry! Here are some unusual living things, mostly from the yard. I've never seen such unusual and large sphinx moths, especially the mourning sphinx moth parked on my hand that looks like a weird experimental Soviet aircraft, with those aerodynamic tail fins. And the Tersa sphinx moth has an Art Deco
- [The Cactus Tents - Three Videos](https://cactusislandacres.com/the-cactus-tents-three-videos/) - Three years since sowing the first seeds and I have a lot to show for the effort. Growth is accelerating after up-potting into 1-3 gallon containers, and I'm finding myself at the edge of being able to walk into a forest of cacti fairly soon. I'd better get some new tunes and audio books because
- [An Adventure of Growing Madagascar Lace](https://cactusislandacres.com/an-adventure-of-growing-madagascar-lace/) - One of the most exotic and unbelievably beautiful plants in all of Plantae is the Madagascar lace plant. Conspicuous for its lacy, or fenestrated leaf appearance (Latin base word for window - fenestra), Aponogeton Madagascariensis is a fully aquatic bulb plant that is endemic to shallow, cool and shady streams of Madagascar. These monocots begin
- [Signs of Life](https://cactusislandacres.com/signs-of-life/) - Thought Tony the Tortoise (or Toni, if it is a she) - "The buffet is looking a little understocked in this joint, but at least I can cross the drive without worrying about that madman FedEx guy barreling through". Even the coldest Winter in 25 years here has shown some color and signs of life,
- [Sebucan Seed Harvest](https://cactusislandacres.com/sebucan-seed-harvest/) - This was the feature event of our summer at the farm, and on the other side of all the late nights and flower monitoring is the prized reward; eight fertile fruits and four harvested so far, each with 1500-2000 seeds apiece. When a fruit starts to ripen it grows noticeably bigger within a day, and
- [Indian River Prickly Apple, from Bud to Fruit](https://cactusislandacres.com/indian-river-prickly-apple-from-bud-to-drupe/) - This time the flower stuck around instead of falling off early, as did the first one this Spring on the East pasture. It bloomed spectacularly; now if the fruit will just finish ripening already. I think it has taken a month just to turn burgundy and I hope it doesn't take another month to fully
- [The Big Freeze](https://cactusislandacres.com/the-big-freeze/) - We'd experienced several frosts and a hard freeze even before Winter formally began, with Nov. 30th changing us out from extended Summer conditions to plant-killing anomalous cold blasts. But the last few nights have been a straight dive into the low to mid 20's with dangerous wind speeds and potential for freezing rain. I wasted
- [A Sweet Week](https://cactusislandacres.com/a-sweet-week/) - Ma's new chicken shoes arrived, and the birds each had to strut over to inspect. Style, comfort and cleanliness make tending the coop more enjoyable for everyone. I added to the fun by feeding them a couple of "treat sticks" that had trespassed on our plants. Across the yard at the banana bed, just below
- [Lots of spiders and a Few Other "Bugs"](https://cactusislandacres.com/lots-of-spiders-and-a-few-other-bugs/) - You know, I just LOVE these things. Yuck, you don't like? Awww, c'mon, it's Halloween anyway! How about a hand-sized golden silk spider to brighten (frighten) your evening? We've got tropical tent spiders, fuzzy spiders, cute lil' spiders, dotted spiders, huge spiders, green lynx spiders, extra large centipedes, flying ant lions and even a big
- [Fall Harvest, Wild and Cultivated](https://cactusislandacres.com/fall-harvest-wild-and-cultivated/) - October brought a quick turn of edible color at Cactus Island. It's not just what we planted that has reached harvest, but also the wild goods growing in the vast natural areas we've maintained. There is a healthy population of American persimmon (fruit and spring bloom in photos) and sandhill pawpaw (if the wildlife would
- [Three Basal Pups Forming in Ten Photo Slideshow](https://cactusislandacres.com/three-basal-pups-forming-in-ten-photo-slideshow/) - I've never seen the eight-rib variety of wooly blue cactus generate pups, so this was the surprise awaiting me as I weeded around the base of this plant late this Summer. Basal pups sometimes form on stressed cacti but he main stem on this one is extremely healthy and still putting on height. We're looking
- [Cactitude](https://cactusislandacres.com/cactitude/) - We're up in arms at Cactus Island....way up as various cactus mature and put out pups that are growing into gorgeous arms, mostly blue ones at the moment in several species of columnar Pilosocereus from Brazil. Mom's favorite is the fuzzy dark turquoise Pilosocereus Flexibilispinus trio with lots of arms. It will end up in
- [Bugs.....again.](https://cactusislandacres.com/bugs-again/) - But they're wickedly cool, and everywhere. I archive what I come across as I go each day, stumbling upon interesting insects with a regularity that is unreal. Some encounters, like the predacious wasps dragging their prize kills across the patio, really should come with comical incidental music. Many of the solitary wasps we're seeing paralyze
- [Wild Mushrooms Abound](https://cactusislandacres.com/wild-mushrooms-abound/) - Every time we have a rainy stretch the networks of mycelia in the ground put forth an abundance of fungal fruit - mushrooms, boletes, puffballs, earthballs, toadstools, slime, stinkhorns and other forms of which we have yet to become acquainted. Though most are not edible for us, it makes a plentiful ongoing buffet for small
- [Gardens and Sanctuaries](https://cactusislandacres.com/gardens-and-sanctuaries/) - Just a few images from a productive week. Mom's gorgeous vision for a patio design is nearly realized after a day and a half of additional heft. Pea gravel, river rocks, patio stones, tinted mulch and ornamental clump grasses have given our new tropical pool oasis patio a soul. We'll share more pictures when the
- [From Bed to Bed and In Between](https://cactusislandacres.com/from-bed-to-bed-and-in-between/) - Here is a look at various projects we're pushing along, and it feels like we're over the hump finally. The beds are in transition and between harvests after a good first summer yield. The spaghetti squash was not much more than a visual feast and nitrifier; chickens didn't dig it either. They either rotted in
- [A Gem Within a Gem](https://cactusislandacres.com/a-gem-within-a-gem/) - The coolest jumping spider I have ever seen awaited me last week as I added compost material to the rapidly growing blue facheiro next to the driveway. The Apache jumping spider, Phidippus Apacheanus, fit in perfectly like a color-complimentary orange jewel on a turquoise medallion. It's metallic green chelicerae (beefy fang appendages near mouth) put
- [The Rest of the Blooming Royens Photos, Images 18-40.](https://cactusislandacres.com/the-rest-of-the-blooming-royens-photos-images-18-40/)
- ["Hey, that's not a yardlong bean!"](https://cactusislandacres.com/hey-thats-not-a-yardlong-bean/) - These were so cute as not to generate the usual scream from Ma at several of the regular stops on the farm. I melted at the sight of this sweet baby Southern coachwhip snake catching sun and hopefully a passing breakfast while resting on a squash leaf. Known to eat rattlesnakes, as does the Indigo
- [Pilosocereus Royenii has Set Fruit and Flowered Again](https://cactusislandacres.com/pilosocereus-royenii-has-set-fruit-and-flowered-again/) - Well, it was a success! Self-pollination with the expert advice of a botanist in AZ and those 3AM wanderings into the backyard resulted in fertilization and the first fruit on this cactus. The Royen's tree cactus is busting out in a conveyor belt of buds, flowers and now fruit that should contain genetic clone seeds
- [Open for Business, One Nite Only!](https://cactusislandacres.com/open-for-business-one-nite-only/) - I feel like I'm 16 again! I think I'm in love, or at least drooling at the prospect of seeds. I went ahead and hand-pollinated the first round of a self-fertilization attempt tonight and will go out later at 3am for the second round. Hoping I don't step on a diamondback or end up a
- [Scene around the Farm](https://cactusislandacres.com/scene-around-the-farm/) - This week's work gave me plenty of image material for the blog, as is so often the case while tending the different stations on the land. I've never seen so many species of swallowtail, and this pipevine swallowtail on a zinnia was striking. Sometimes what I see isn't so good, namely the grasshopper eyeing the
- [Cactus Island is Earning its Stripes...Blooms, Arms and Spines](https://cactusislandacres.com/cactus-island-is-earning-its-stripes-blooms-arms-and-spines/) - It has been a spectacular month for growth and transformation with the namesake plants on our farm. I finally have the very first flower buds emerging from the cephalium wool on the Royen's tree cactus (Sebucan), and I've put the word out to growers and botanists who might also have this species of Caribbean island
- [Rhinoceros Beetle](https://cactusislandacres.com/__trashed/) - It’s mound time again on the pastures and house lawn, but this time I see they are caused by a much bigger beetle. This large native rhinoceros beetle, Strategus Aloeus, reaches 1.5 inches in length and feeds on decaying vegetation and roots. It is a beneficial part of the ecology and I’m seeing a lot
- [What We've Been Tending this Week](https://cactusislandacres.com/what-weve-been-tending-this-week/) - And what a week it has been. With this heat it's a good thing the watermelon is plentiful because we've been sucking it down to stay hydrated and fueled while caring for everything here. The birds have been working hard too, so their share of the melon crop has been earned. I think they've figured
- [Everything Loves Our Produce](https://cactusislandacres.com/everything-loves-our-produce/) - If it's turned a bit gnarly and not safe for us to eat, no worries....the chickens will take it. Tomorrow there won't even be rind left in that coop. It's better not to attract deer and vermin with aromatic goodies plowed back into the compost situation, so the birds usually get first crack at it.
- [Observations from a Summer Solstice Week](https://cactusislandacres.com/observations-from-a-summer-solstice-week/) - Summer Solstice week at Cactus Island has provided plenty of moments worth recording. I realized the longest day of the year was about to set with the sun when I photographed the tent nursery before coming in for the night. Hard work here has a fringe benefit of constant beauty and variety every time we
- [The Abundant Mistletoe](https://cactusislandacres.com/the-abundant-mistletoe/) - When the leaves on many trees here that aren't in the live oak group deciduate in late Fall, another type of evergreen comes into prominence in their bare branches. One afternoon in mid-November I almost walked right into this clump (featured image) growing on the side of a bluejack oak on the East pasture -
- [Two Up, Sunny Side!](https://cactusislandacres.com/two-up-sunny-side/) - We weren't expecting an afternoon garden surprise today, but these bright beauties came into view "over easy" as we walked up through the gopher apple ground cover at the highest spot on the land to inspect the new bilberry cactus garden next to the blueberries. I think the Hamatacanthus mini-barrel is telling us it likes
- [Red, Blue, Green, Oooh, Ouch!](https://cactusislandacres.com/red-blue-green-oooh-ouch/) - In the span of a year here I've seen some stunning insects, and in some of those situations my prior background in collecting serves us well. Don't need to whip out the field guide to know that some of these lawn jewels can hurt real bad or stink up the joint right quick if messed
- [Stalking Dinner](https://cactusislandacres.com/stalking-dinner/) - Everything is on something else's menu here, and that weird green horsefly had been making me nervous all morning as I watered the plants. I thought they were exclusively nocturnal, but this one was patient in its objective and had been up all night waiting for me to come back out. Not to worry, chickens
- [A Gold Tortoise Shell Beetle and What it Likes to Visit](https://cactusislandacres.com/a-gold-tortoise-shell-beetle-and-what-it-likes-to-visit/) - While checking the Banana Bed one recent morning I noticed a gold tortoise shell beetle flying between squash and sweet potato leaves, unable to make up its mind on which to snack first. I rarely ever see these, though they occur throughout much of the U.S. They are Chrysomelids, the same family in which ladybird
- [Some views of Cactus Island after restoration, photos of Jim and Sharon](https://cactusislandacres.com/some-views-of-cactus-island-after-restoration-photos-of-jim-and-sharon/)
- [Our new Duck Garden](https://cactusislandacres.com/our-new-duck-garden/) - The new Duck Garden, just inside the West Pasture. I recycled a relatively new redundant spite fence from previous owners on one end of the house lawn - posts, metal fence and all - and set it up here. Finished it off with bamboo top rail, built and installed the gate from leftover lumber and
- [The Garden of Needin', our first food garden.](https://cactusislandacres.com/the-garden-of-needin-our-first-food-garden/) - In October, after renovating the house&pastures and setting up the first cactus greenhouse, we put in the first enclosed food garden. It is attached to the chicken coop that came with the property, and it grew from a trial row of plants Ma put in to another row, then another and before a week was
- [The Chicken Coop - "Coop de Grace"](https://cactusislandacres.com/the-chicken-coop-coop-de-grace/) - Since before I was born Ma wanted to have chickens, and thanks to two of our near neighbors her dream was realized. Out here in the country in Zone-Ag 1, there are no code enforcement chicken narkers or tattle-tale snowbirds across the fence to give us a hard time. The enclosure for either goats or
- [Bountiful Yield](https://cactusislandacres.com/bountiful-yield/) - The mound beds and gardens are already paying off for all of our hard work! The freshness, flavor and variety makes one crave salad nightly. Tatsoi, kale, collard greens, leaf lettuce, green beans, atomic grape tomatoes are on the menu now, for starters. The "bounty bin" refrigerator drawer I upcycled and spray painted came from
- [Ma finally gets her pool, and we have a beach now.](https://cactusislandacres.com/ma-finally-gets-her-pool-and-we-have-a-beach-now/) - Pool's open......but the lawn beach is a work in progress. And let me tell you, it was a beach to do. The area behind the house has two stands of clumping bamboo and until recently, had one fast expanding patch of noxious running bamboo between them that I had to remove. The 14' x 48"
- [A Bountiful Mother's Day from the Gardens](https://cactusislandacres.com/a-bountiful-mothers-day-from-the-gardens/) - Happy Mother's Day! Here's some pictures of the new gardens and what they're producing, plus Mom in her Mother's Day gear. The straw raised bed trick for retaining moisture that we picked up from watching Homestead Rescue is paying off, as is using the shade of sand live oak canopies (Quercus Geminata). In addition to
- [What it Took to Get Our "Food Engine" Organic Beds Going](https://cactusislandacres.com/what-it-took-to-get-our-food-engine-organic-beds-going/) - We chose five oval shaped areas on the property with accumulations of organic richness to restore and start our deep layered bio-furnaces of nitrification, for the planting and growing of food. Ours are a loose variation on hugelkultur - a hill culture of compost and yardwaste on top of piled logs to facilitate their decay.
- [Cactus Island blog begins!](https://cactusislandacres.com/cactus-island-blog-begins/) - It has been just over eleven months since we moved here in rural Williston, Fl from down South in Estero, and what a monumental restorative effort it has been. My mother named the 8.21 acre property on a sub-tropically wooded sand hill "Cactus Island", as old time Florida settlers once called such highground areas "islands".
- [Two Projects Completed Late Last Year](https://cactusislandacres.com/two-projects-completed-late-last-year/) - It is good to be on the other side of an intensely busy 12 months. Here are photos of what we've built and restored for growing purposes. The trays of cactus seedlings became thousands of individually potted cacti in December and the hard nursery I built in July was no longer enough. This Outsunny 26ft
- [Wooly Blue Cactus; First Flowers to 1300+ Cacti from two fruits, in 24 months.](https://cactusislandacres.com/wooly-blue-cactus-first-flowers-to-1300-cacti-from-two-fruits-in-24-months/) - Before April of 2018 my nursery was exclusively Madagascar lace plants for the aquarium trade. Then our ornamental cacti I'd been growing since 2012 unexpectedly flowered. An experiment with hand-pollination and germinating the resultant seeds changed everything, and the nursery shifted its focus to columnar cactus. Here is a pictorial journey from parent plant to
- [What's that Sand Mound on my Pasture!?](https://cactusislandacres.com/whats-that-sand-mound-on-my-pasture/) - One of the odd things we noticed upon moving here were the numerous and different sand mounds in the yard. The large smooth ones in linear strings I correctly guessed were pocket gophers, but the smaller, usually "sand macaroni pile" mounds were elusive in yielding an explanation. I kicked open some of the wet mounds
- [From Seed to Seedling to Sizeable Cactus](https://cactusislandacres.com/from-seed-to-seedling-to-sizeable-cactus/) - Growing cactus from seed is a rewarding and educational thrill. So much cool science, so many techniques, trade tricks, soil types, species-specific requirement and variety of visual beauty. It is magical to wake up one morning a week or so after planting and look into the germination baggie to see 1000 tiny green cacti poking
- [Mom's Art and Crocheted Cactus duo](https://cactusislandacres.com/moms-art-and-crocheted-cactus-duo/) - Mom is an artist as well, and in many ways. Everyone loves her sweet style of cartooning and the comical stuff she comes up with for greeting cards and other things to brighten people's days. The newly acquired chickens inspire a lot of recent drawing and some laughs. Her creativity and high skill in crocheting
- [Morphological Gems for the Eye, Cultivated and Found](https://cactusislandacres.com/morphological-gems-for-the-eye-cultivated-and-found/) - Here are a few odds and ends of things you'll see growing and going on at the farm. The aquatic Madagascar lace plants with their holed (fenestrated) leaves started the whole thing in 2016. They are a perennial rosette bulb plant and can grow quite large in the tank and pond. In addition to those
- [The magnificent rainbow scarab dung beetle, genus Phanaeus (plus not-so-magnificent former insects harming the gardens)](https://cactusislandacres.com/the-magnificent-rainbow-scarab-dung-beetle-genus-phanaeus-plus-not-so-magnificent-former-insects-harming-the-gardens/) - The richness, diversity and ecological health of Levy County insect life out in the country is absolutely mind blowing. Yesterday it was a lime green horsefly stalking me in the cactus nursery; today a praying mantis. When I was young I collected beetles, and in Northern Illinois could only dream of capturing the big beautiful
- [Our Lizards](https://cactusislandacres.com/our-lizards/) - The lizards here outdo those in Estero, in variety, color and amusing behavior. Almost all we ever saw before the move was the abundant and invasive brown anole and rarely the native green anole. Here we have a healthy population of green anole along with several others we had not seen before, but the hilarious
- [The Colorful and Interesting Fungi Found Here](https://cactusislandacres.com/the-colorful-and-interesting-fungi-found-here/) - Insect life isn't the only diverse ecological realm at Cactus Island; mycological organisms in their bright colors and curious forms also shine within our slice of natural ecology. I'm not really a 'shroom guy, but what grabs me, grabs me......especially so when it could end up in a drawing or painting. This tells us that

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- [Soil Mixes, Cactoblastis cactorum moth prevention and care](https://cactusislandacres.com/soil-mix-cactus-care/) - A few years ago I experimented and concocted a versatile, high performing and well-draining soil mix for the columnar cacti that I grow, and it has proven outstanding for my plants and those of my customers. The more water-loving, tropical columnar cacti, and even the big desert Pachycereus and barrel cacti, thrive in this mix
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- [Rhinoceros Beetles](https://cactusislandacres.com/rhinoceros-beetles/) - It's mound time again on the pastures and house lawn, but this time I see they are caused by a much bigger beetle. This large native rhinoceros beetle, Strategus Aloeus, reaches 1.5 inches in length and feeds on decaying vegetation and roots. It is a beneficial part of the ecology and I'm seeing a lot
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## Products

- [Opuntia keyensis - Florida Keys Prickly Pear - 1 pad](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/opuntia-keyensis-florida-keys-prickly-pear-1-pad/) - One pad (cladode) for rooting of Opuntia Keyensis, the Florida Keys prickly pear cactus. Each pad is from my Fairchild Botanic Gardens museum-type specimen plants. Found in hammocks near the ocean in the Keys and Cape Sable, it is Florida's tallest prickly pear and can get to 9ft tall. My larger tree specimen in these
- [Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/pachycereus-pecten-aboriginum/) - Indian comb cactus, Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum, $300. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Yz8xInjD2Ds It is a very large, v-shaped branching cactus and a member of the genus of Earth's largest cacti. Plants and seeds are found infrequently in cultivation. Five years old and growing very fat, fast and well in a mix of mineral and organic substrate. They can grow up
- [Myrtillocactus geometrizans, cactus with arms - "blueberry cactus"](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/myrtillocactus-geometrizans-blueberry-cactus/) - Myrtillocactus geometrizans - "blue candle" or "blueberry cactus", has proven to be a highly Florida-able cactus when on well-draining, amended sandy high ground. They are good down to 15f but can't take much frost. In Mexico it is prized for its dried edible "blueberries", or bilberries as they're properly called, and the berries are said
- [Stenocereus fimbriatus](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/stenocereus-fimbriatus-cuba/) - Stenocereus fimbriatus, seed grown by me and they got big. It is one of the "organ pipe" species and uncommon in cultivation. It appears identical to a cutting I have of S. fimbriatus from Fairchild. I have a licensed Florida nursery and can ship to the lower 48 except California - - No California sales
- [Opuntia abjecta (Big Pine Key), "Keys Spanish Lady" (Florida sales only)](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/opuntia-abjecta-big-pine-key-keys-spanish-lady-florida-sales-only/) - Opuntia abjecta - Big Pine Key, common name "Keys Spanish lady", is an endangered Florida microendemic prickly pear cactus found only in the Florida Keys. This population is diploid and self-fertile, while others on other Keys such as Crawl Key and Long Key that are tetraploid aren't. Each available plant in a limited quantity for Florida Keys Opuntia, Opuntia abjecta from Big Pine Key, Keys Spanish Lady cactus, prickly pear cactus
- [Pilosocereus rioaguanii sp. nova (Olanchito, Honduras), 8"-10"](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/pilosocereus-rioaguanii-sp-nova-olanchito-honduras-8-10/) - Pilosocereus rioaguanii sp. nova (Olanchito, Dept. of Yoro, Honduras), 8"-10" tall, a previously undescribed member of Pilosocereus grown from seed given to me in the U.S. by its discoverer Thomas Cseh, who named it. The location of collection is west of the city of Olanchito on a dirt road just off of paved highway RN23
- [Fishhook Barrel Cactus](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/fishhook-barrel-cactus/) - Ferocactus wislizeni, "Arizona fishhook barrel cactus", 6.5 - 7 inch wide plants (not counting 2-3inch fishhook spines). These can become as large as a telephone booth given 40-50 years, and they have proven hardy and fast-growing in my amended outdoor N. Florida beds. Cactus Island Nursery is a licensed Florida nursery and can sell to
- [Pilosocereus aff. maxonii (leucocephalus) (Comayaga, Dept. of Comayaga, Honduras)](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/pilosocereus-leucocephalus-maxonii-oropoli-dept-of-el-paraiso-honduras/) - Pilosocereus aff. maxonii (city of Comayagua, Dept. of Comayagua, Honduras), 11 or more inches tall. Grown from seed I was given by Thomas Cseh in the U.S. Location data updated from Oropoli to Comayagua, as I am informed mature stems were moved from now-destroyed hatitat and rooted in collector's Oropoli yard. It is a fresh
- [Pilosocereus pachycladus "Wooly Blue Torch" 25inches or taller cactus](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/wooly-blue-columnar-cactus/) - Pilosocereus pachycladus, 25" or taller cactus. The wooly blue torch columnar cactus is found in Brazil but is perfect for much of Florida's weather. This cactus is Pilosocereus pachycladus and one of the classic species varieties from Brazil. It has whitish wool around growing tips, 8-ribs, short, light-colored needles and a pastel cool blue coloration.
- [Pilosocereus pachycladus ssp. viridis](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/pilosocereus-pernambucoensis/) - Pilosocereus pachycladus spp viridis, field collection number CS154 is a large tree cactus from Paulo Alfonso, Bahia - Brazil. It has somewhat more ribs than others within pachycladus, and this one is bright lime green in color. The location data is consistent with P. pachycladus ssp pernambucoensis but it was corrected by a cactus botanist
- [Pilosocereus piauhyensis (some scarring - price halved)](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/pilosocereus-piauhyensis/) - Pilosocereus piauhyensis (ssp. mucosiflorus?) is a teal green turquoise tree cactus with yellow needles from Brazil, specifically the states of Piaui, Ceara and Rio Grande do Norte. They are larger now and have some scarring from previous stress, so I've lowered the price. Please contact me for current prices, as plants continually grow larger between
- [Myrtillocactus Geometrizans - "Blueberry Cactus", pupped stumps](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/myrtillocactus-geometrizans-blueberry-cactus-pupped-stumps/) - Pupped stumps of my Myrtillocactus geometrizans on old original root stock – “blue candle” or “blueberry cactus”, after a summer cuting&rooting harvest. This species has proven to be a highly Florida-able cactus when on well-draining, amended sandy high ground. In Mexico it is prized for its dried edible “blueberries”, or bilberries as they’re properly called.
- [Pilosocereus pachycladus "Wooly Blue Torch" (11"-13" cactus)](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/pilosocereus-pachycladus-wooly-blue-torch-12-14-cactus/) - 11"-13" plant. The wooly blue torch columnar cactus is found in Brazil but is perfect for much of Florida's weather. This cactus is Pilosocereus pachycladus and one of the classic geo-specific species varieties from Brazil. It has whitish wool around growing tips, 8-ribs, short, light-colored needles and a pastel cool blue coloration. Can tolerate temps
- [Stenocereus gummosus, Baja sour pitaya](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/stenocereus-gummosus/) - Stenocereus gummosus, sour pitaya, is a shrubby cactus that reaches about 9ft tall or long and is found in Baja. Plants roughly 10-15 inches. They are reported to have the best tasting fruit in all of Cactaceae. Cactus Island is a licensed FL nursery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sdkno3uIZs No California sales due to rigorous and expensive nematode certification
- [Harrisia simpsonii - "Big Pine Key" 3"-5" seedling (Florida sales only)](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/harrisia-simpsonii-big-pine-key-fl-sales-only/) - One of three species of endemic Florida Harrisia, Simpson's apple cactus is only found in Monroe Co. Florida and is critically endangered. These are 3"-5" seedlings. I can only sell these in Florida, as explained to me by FWC, USFWS. $10/each. This sampling is the authentic H. simpsonii and Florida botanical gardens have this same
- [Stenocereus huastecorum](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/stenocereus-huastecorum/) - Stenocereus huastecorum from East Central Mexico. Tasty fruit, juice. I will ship - ask me and I'll calculate a price for your U.S. zone. Cactus Island Nursery (licensed Florida nursery). Open by appointment, ask for Jim. We have a generous selection of mostly uncommon, Florida-able and native Florida cactus grown from seed in the northern
- [Stenocereus chacalapensis](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/stenocereus-chacalapensis/) - Plants 12" or taller, (bare root), Stenocereus chalalapensis is one of the largest (maybe the largest) species of organ pipe cactus from Oaxaca, Mexico. It is critically endangered because its habitat has been reduced to a very small area because of agricultural development. This species is very infrequently encountered and just coming into cultivation, and
- [Pilosocereus royenii 12"+](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/pilosocereus-royenii/) - Cactus Island is the place to go to buy columnar cacti of the Caribbean, Florida, Brazil and Mexico. Visit to learn about this gorgeous dry forest cactus.
- [Pilosocereus aff. flexibilispinus "Sitio Grande, Bahia"](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/pilosocereus-albisummus/) - Pilosocereus aff. flexibilispinus "Sitio Grande, Bahia" is a pale blue-green columnar cactus from Brazil. It is uncommon in cultivation and is quite proving to be the fastest growing Pilosocereus I've had in Florida. This particular specimen originates from Sitio Grande, and the field collection number is CS140. At maturity the newest growth on the stem
- [Pilosocereus polygonus var. polygonus](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/pilosocereus-polygonus/) - Pilosocereus polygonus var. polygonus is a Caribbean species of columnar cactus endemic to the dry forests of the Dominican Republic. It forms a multiple branched, waxy grey-green candelabra and can reach 22+ft in height. Seed grown by me, this species is very uncommon in cultivation. I have a registered nursery in N. Florida and can
- [Pilosocereus aurisetus var. werdermannianus (Diamantina HU103)](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/pilosocereus-aurisetus-var-werdermannianus-diamantina-hu103/) - Pilosocereus aurisetus (Diamantina, werdermannianus) is a smaller columnar cactus of the genus, reaching 3-6ft and basally branching into a clump of yellow-green "skyscrapers". Most are starting to lean for pup production and some are pupping 1-2 pups already. Bright red fruit and flowers. Cactus Island Nursery is a licensed Florida nursery and can ship to
- [Echinopsis chiloensis var. borealis](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/echinopsis-chiloensis-var-borealis/) - Echinopsis chiloensis var. borealis is a columnar cactus that reaches about 26ft tall and tends to enjoy more water than other cacti. It is found in Chile at various locations. Slow growing but may pick up speed in an oversized wide, shallow pot for root expansion. Likes to have lime in sustrate, be it annual
- [Harrisia fragrans - endemic Florida cactus. 3"-4" seedling (Florida sales only)](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/harrisia-fragrans-endemic-florida-cactus-3-seedling-fl-sales-only/) - *Harrisia fragrans- the fragrant, or Indian River prickly apple, is a columnar shrub cactus endemic to East Coast Florida in St. Lucie and Volusia Counties, plus the Everglades https://cactusislandacres.com/mega-bloom-video-fragrant-prickly-apple/. Nearly driven to extinction from land development, it is found primarily in shell mound berms within coastal hammocks. It has bright green skin and long yellow-amber needles
- [Harrisia aboriginum - endemic Florida cactus, 5-6" seedling (Florida sales only)](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/harrisia-gracilis-var-aboriginum-florida-cactus/) - Harrisia Aboriginum - the aboriginal prickly apple, or Gulf Coast prickly apple https://cactusislandacres.com/a-forest-of-native-florida-cactus/, is a columnar shrub cactus endemic to Southwest Florida (found naturally only there and nowhere else in the world), occurring coastally from Lee Co. to Sarasota Co. Nearly driven to extinction from land development, it is found primarily in shell mound berms
- [Pilosocereus chrysostele "Golden Pillar"](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/pilosocereus-chrysostele-golden-pillar/) - Pilosocereus chrysostele is a densely golden spined columnar cactus found in Bahia, Ceara and Pernambuco regions of Brazil. This shrubby tree cactus branches from the base and reaches 4-9 feet in height. It is a member of the P. piauhyensis phylogenetic group in the genus. Please contact me for current prices, as plants continually grow
- [Fishhook Barrel Cactus (smaller, 4" plants)](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/fishhook-barrel-cactus-smaller-4-plants/) - Ferocactus wislizeni, “Arizona fishhook barrel cactus”, approximately 4-5 inch wide plants (not counting spines). These can become as large as a telephone booth given 40-50 years, and they have proven hardy and fast-growing in my amended outdoor N. Florida beds. Cactus Island Nursery is a licensed Florida nursery and can sell to the lower 48 except
- [Pilosocereus pachycladus "Wooly Blue Torch" XLG](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/pilosocereus-pachycladus-wooly-blue-torch-25-30/) - 28"-30" cactus. The wooly blue torch columnar cactus is found in Brazil but is perfect for much of Florida's weather. This cactus is Pilosocereus pachycladus and one of the classic geo-specific species varieties from Brazil. It has whitish wool around growing tips, 8-ribs, short, light-colored needles and a pastel cool blue coloration. Can tolerate temps
- [Pilosocereus robinii - Key tree cactus (Florida sales only)](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/pilosocereus-robinii/) - The Florida Key tree cactus - Big Pine Key, native to the Keys. Our very largest cactus, many call it "Florida's own "saguaro"" as it can grow into a 30+ foot tall candelabra with many arms. I acquired the fruit to germinate as a contribution from a private homesteader in Big Pine Key on who's
- [Pilosocereus pachycladus "Azureus"](https://cactusislandacres.com/product/pilosocereus-pachycladus-azureus/) - Pilosocereus pachycladus "Azureus", a bright turquoise columnar tree cactus from brazil, is a fast growing cactus once established. It is well-known for its longer yellow needles and extremely bright color, even more so when mature and branched. It has withstood hard freezes at 26f for seven hours with just tip burn, putting out new arms

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