--- title: "Edited because I just now managed to contact the person who knows the…" description: "Edited because I just now managed to contact the person who knows the story, at least. I was told for seven years that no one would be able to explain how this…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/OlSeW7UYSUWAjHlcxGdIQw/64a876019f8be0d9e4308402?language=de" community: "Show your plants 🇺🇸" author: "Dave_opuntiaface" published: "2023-07-07T20:30:57.615Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gFKgBIDtQUSoNHyzAXA4pLM-wYI4yLGXFPAMGDtMt3o/5f93ade232f7426f80fc097b35d5e49d.webp?size=large" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=de) / [Show your plants 🇺🇸](https://getplanta.com/community/OlSeW7UYSUWAjHlcxGdIQw.md?language=de) # Edited because I just now managed to contact the person who knows the… _Gepostet von Dave\_opuntiaface am 2023-07-07_ Edited because I just now managed to contact the person who knows the story, at least. I was told for seven years that no one would be able to explain how this plant arrived in Utah. Check it out! After bringing the last few plants to a new space, I remembered how this entertaining madness began. This is Peggy, who I inherited from family in 2015. She is also the last one standing from what was about to become a completely understandable inconvenience for that side of the family - which also meant that three ancient, enormous Mammillaria were headed to a landfill. However, they might have stayed preserved under the mountain of 2016 election memorabilia (lol) instead of dying from my relentless watering during Winter and guessing that etoliation meant plant happiness. When I understood that one was rotting, I had no idea how to lift a heavy, spiny basketball out of a pot, cut off the rot, etc. So yes, my first three cactus were previously cared for by a person wealthy enough to move decades-old, gigantic native plants from the Baja region of Mexico and keep them happy in Northern Utah. We get all the seasons, especially extremes. Note that I’m also uncertain if they were purchased or plucked from that region (winter home), and I only noticed them once at said family’s local home. That said, I’m still uncertain if Peggy is Mammillaria marksiana, Mammillaria mystax, or another variety. Any guesses? She hasn’t grown much in a few years. Just new wool. ps Part of what drew me to Planta was to identify plants who have lived a long life and changed into mutated weirdos. pps Advice: I rely mostly on Etsy, llifle, Mountain Crest etc. for identification, particularly with exotics such as Copiapoa ![Anhang 1 von 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gFKgBIDtQUSoNHyzAXA4pLM-wYI4yLGXFPAMGDtMt3o/5f93ade232f7426f80fc097b35d5e49d.webp?size=large) ## 9 Kommentare ### Rhonda kommentierte am 2023-07-07 Peggy’s had quite the life, huh? #### Dave\_opuntiaface antwortete am 2023-07-07 I reached out to someone today who might have the full story #### Dave\_opuntiaface antwortete am 2023-07-07 Check out the update. I would have first found out the backstory before posting, but it’s distant family and it just occurred to me how to find out. #### Rhonda antwortete am 2023-07-08 LOL Doesn’t it just figure… ### Dave\_opuntiaface kommentierte am 2023-07-07 ? ![Anhang 1 von 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gFKgBIDtQUSoNHyzAXA4pLM-wYI4yLGXFPAMGDtMt3o/5cd536e970be4cfeb525351f58250e94.webp?size=large) #### Rhonda antwortete am 2023-07-07 Are these traditional vs nontraditional Peggy samples Lol ### Dave\_opuntiaface kommentierte am 2023-07-07 ![Anhang 1 von 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gFKgBIDtQUSoNHyzAXA4pLM-wYI4yLGXFPAMGDtMt3o/08335320d6534e208a269ff9abee505c.webp?size=large) ### WendyG kommentierte am 2023-07-08 What a great story! I have a few special plants that have a story… it’s like a turtle or parrot that live a long time and end up in a lifetime of situations… if the cactus could talk, amiright?! 😆 #### Dave\_opuntiaface antwortete am 2023-07-09 It \*is\* an amazing story. And it only took ten days of moving, necessary dog walks through fireworks and elevators, verbose, manic posting to make me remember that (this is real) someone’s second cousin-in-law’s father was he who most likely got the three Mexican cactuses across international lines. That’s really funny when I picture the mild-mannered people involved in this shenanigan. ps to you and the five or so other people on here, I have panicked in several distinct ways over my entire collection’s future for two weeks. I’m already so excited to talk about the minutia and (my favorite part) mystery on a normal day, and every single moment was reading dog body language and cactus thoughts, and then ridiculous late-night a-ha’s. And y’all are as interested in and cool about diving deep. Thanks. --- _Die Planta-Community (https://getplanta.com). Lesen ist für alle offen. Um Beiträge zu erstellen, zu kommentieren und zu liken, hol dir die Planta App: https://getplanta.com/download_