I'm one of those people so cacti addicted that I cannot imagine living without them. They call us cactus enthusiasts. I would not say I'm a collector, it sounds too cold. Still it is about living beings that require care, attention, love, time, space and knowledge. And a lot of patience. ![34164940214_8d31107842_o.jpg](https://s13.postimg.org/m28ncayw7/34164940214_8d31107842_o.jpg) For me they represent a beauty that I have always been searching for. With them I forget about the world of men. Sometimes they are for me a road to nowhere and just because of it, they give me a great amount of purity and beauty. ![Untitled-2.jpg](https://s13.postimg.org/8zd0sjnyf/Untitled-2.jpg) ![Untitled-3.jpg](https://s13.postimg.org/5sih92vuf/Untitled-3.jpg) *These are some of my cacti in flower.* They are, just like the other plants, so grateful for the care given to them that they give back always so much more. I'm not only interested in spiny cacti, many of them have no spines that can hurt you, like some pectinate cacti. Some are even soft, have feather-like spines. ![Untitled-4.jpg](https://s13.postimg.org/ldzst47tj/Untitled-4.jpg) ..*some less spiny beauties.*
**OTHER SUCCULENTS** I like some other succulents also. Especially mesembs, stapeliads and caudiciform plants. Either they have weird flowers or really unusual shape of bodies or are so adorable cute (like Conophytum from the first photo bellow). ![Untitled-1.jpg](https://s13.postimg.org/fr3fvrfmf/Untitled-1.jpg)
**GROWING CACTI AND OTHER SUCCULENTS FROM SEEDS** After some time of buying cacti and other succulents I started to grow them from seeds. At first from seeds of my own plants. Later when I figure out how it works I started to buy seeds also. ![Untitled-7.jpg](https://s13.postimg.org/659vfkbmv/Untitled-7.jpg) ..*some of mine seedlings*
**YOU BROUGHT ONE MORE AGAIN!** At first years I have to always listen that same sentence. 'You brought one more again? Why do you need one more???!!' But now they all are just got used to it or ignoring it. I have won and I am happy and the plants are enjoying of course. It has passed 18 years from the first cacti I have bought, and now I have about 1000 of them, what is considered to be a small collection. It is just enough big to always have to do something around them, but enough small that I can dedicate to every one of them.
**SEARCH FOR CACTI ENTHUSIASTS HAS STARTED** I hope to find here some other cactus enthusiasts that I can learn from and follow writings about their collections. And from me you will get a lot of stories and a lot of photos because I have so much to tell you, to share a love for these plant and the beauty they lavish me with. So If you like to read about some exotic weird beauties feel free to follow and enjoy. :)