The Hand (Opuntia Crest āRollercoasterā) caught cooties from the dumb Golden Torch I took a chance on with a newish local shop. Honestly, the āpests, diseases and problemsā part of this is another department, meaning Iām upstream in the development cycle with my soils and endless structural tweaks to habitats. This is still a pretty new operation. (I didnāt catch this happening because the hair and texture of the plant camouflaged it.) I started the cleanup process before, unfortunately, seeing the future of quarantine and how losing anything else was going to make yesterdayās bad day into a physical and mental disaster. Would you hardcore folks have tried to save it? Note that itās only three inches tall. I really liked The Hand, but onward. Farewell little alien high five.
