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May 22, 2020 7:42 AM CST
Name: Donald
Eastland county, Texas (Zone 8a)
Raises cows Enjoys or suffers hot summers Region: Texas Plant Identifier
I think it's sunburn - but it's weird to me that cacti were in your gifted terrarium. They are not a plant I associate with the growing conditions inherent to a terrarium. So many cacti grow naturally in hot, dry climates for at least part of the time and terrariums that I've seen have plants adapted to warm, moist - and generally continually moist - conditions which would be a death sentence for many cacti. I can't identify your particular cacti, but they don't appear to be the sort which would naturally thrive on the floor of a tropical jungle - conditions found in a terrarium. Just my thoughts. If those were Gesneriads of some sort instead of cacti it would make more sense to me.
Donald

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