Last week, roaming around the gardening section of a hypermarket, I had an eye opening experience. I've been planning to buy a little cute cactus but somehow never got the right one or was busy to look, something always stayed in the way.
Last week I spotted these little cuties, displayed on the shelf, waiting for me to buy one. Just look at hem! How can you not love them, aren't they cute? With those little flower buds preparing to open!
At this point a voice in the back of my head said 'WAIT!!!" Just remembered my dear friend @ewkaw's post. She was once complaining about this scam that's going on with this little cacti. I remember her saying these flowers are glued to the plants.
And voila! Can you see the white glue between the plant and the flower? I can, clearly!
There you go, another one!
And another one! Did you know these flowers don't belong to the cactus? No? Now you do! And pay attention to this aspect next time you're planning to buy a cactus.
I can't stop asking myself why? Why is the seller doing this? What's the purpose of deceiving the customer by gluing dry flower buds to the cactus? Not to mention the damage that this glue causes to the plant!
If you have an answer, don't hesitate to tell me!
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Beautiful cactus
Thank you @ayuramona!
I was shocked eh ... how come the mini kapt tree can flower ... if it is not noticed it can be fooled if the appearance is extraordinary but if the problem is the goal is simply to entertain as possible or to attract the attention of customers.
The problem is you're paying for the cactus not knowing you're fooled. There is no label saying the flower is fake, glued to the plant and that's cheating!
Well, that certainly was an eye opener @erikah Some people will do anything for money and that is very unscrupulous. I'm glad you remembered @ewkaw's warning as those retailers don't deserve your custom. Great post btw.
Thank you dear @trudeehunter! I'm lucky to know @ewkaw, she knows a lot about flowers, and now thanks to her, I wasn't fooled :)
This is not only disrespectful to the costumer, but also to mother nature. It's sad when people will deface the beauty of nature for profit. Nice post @erikah. Thank you for sharing, and the photo's look amazing!
except for the glued on flowers 😕I totally agree with you, with every word! It's sad, and also bad for the plants, that glue must hyrt them, especially when you go home and take it off. Thank you for the kind words my friend, have a nice weekend :)
You too friend, I will see you around 👋🌷
i secodn this, i knoow, who wouldnet like to get one of this cuties !!💖🐲🐉 omg i hade noo clue they were glued.. O.o tnx for info, il be looking here in sweden too ha ha
I hope my article is an eye opener for many of the readers, don't get fooled next time you want to buy cacti :)
myn are wide open!! thanks 💗🐉🐲 i must admit, im waay disepointed, here i was thinking the are real.. uff :(
You're not able, many people do. But now you know!
Happy to hear :P keep them cool infos coming sweety 💗🐉🐲 :D
I will, I promise 😊
So beautiful!
You might want to read the article to see what you're naming cute :)
I am glad you checked before you bought it. It is terrible! And the flowers are still in bud to make people think they will still open.
Did you manage to get any without the flower?
I didn't get any but saw many cuties. I might go back one day soon and finally get one, without a flowwer attached, of course!
That is crazy! I've got to take a look in the store next time. @blacklux you didn't have glued flowers on your little cactus friend?
My Punki is a natural happy cactus! I bougth it from a farmer, is the only way to make sure the plants are healthy and treated with love. Those cactus with glue won't survive 😟
Aw, I'm glad for Punki :)
Because they are jerks! Those poor cactus are gonna die because of it! People always destroy nature and for what? To get some money?! It pisses me off so much to see this! 😡
because of the business. Some people dont care nothing else just the income. the sad truth.😔
I agree, it's all about the money.
Really what a "Deadset Wanka " does he think people are stupid he sould be reported to Green Peace and run out of that shop :(
This is a huge hypermarket and looks like this is a common practice worldwide. Read the comments. Portugal, the US, Sweeden, Romania ...
That is crazy. I have seen that here, too but never paid any attention or realized they were gluing them on.
Looks like this is a worldwide thing, which is even more sad!!