Fiat, I used to think succulent meant it likes to be moist all of the time. Oops! That's pretty much exactly wrong. Horribly sad list of dead ones over the years, until I started wondering why and started to investigate. Now I'm pretty sure, if I separated my plants into 2 categories: C/S vs. all other plants, the number of different C/S plants would be much higher. There's just so many, and once I stopped killing them by watering them like leafy tropicals, it's rare that one croaks. So much more fun that way, all made possible by seeking, soliciting some help. If I can keep about 98% of the C/S alive that I buy/get in probably the worst possible place, humid, rainy, steamy south AL, anyone has a shot! Looks like you actually live in a place where the weather is helpful, not a hindrance. Sending good vibes to you!
I've wondered about dew before too. Every morning here, it looks like it rained overnight. So much dew it drips off of trees, and runs down car windows.
Cacti have areoles. If I've grasped what I've read correctly, it's this feature that sets them apart?
Regarding culture, I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts... how important is it for a person to know if their C/S is a C or not? I realize the true cacti can survive being dry longer (pls correct if this is a wrong general assumption,) but is there a more specific plan than, "get the amount of light right, let dry, then add water?" (Assuming I'm not using a soil that will facilitate root rot?) That's pretty much my plan for all plants, C/S or not, and things are going well, but as said above, I always want to learn more and improve my results. Had plants around my whole life, but keeping C/S alive is new to me over the very recent past. It's extremely exciting, and holy cow, the selection of wild, cool, beautiful plants!! And they're not all prickly, not even close. Wish I'd woken up and smelled the C/S coffee a couple decades ago. I'd now have some C/S plants that aren't teeny tiny.
