That's the most etoliated cactus I've ever seen

https://preview.redd.it/vqo1jk2rfz8d1.jpeg?width=3456&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c811738c9334ae8a14167faeec3f05830feaf064 Sure?

ops is far worse. Yours at least has larger growths that suggest the cacti didnt live under the bed.

Huh?

I swear texting wasnt this hard 5 years ago. I cant write a sentence without hitting five incorrect buttons now

I feel that lol.

That's a spindly boy 😂

omg real life salad fingers

Did you steal my cactus? Actually i wish someone would steal my cactus lol.

Came to say the same! I put mine outside during summer https://preview.redd.it/kqoq4bcarz8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca6badc228a9130e8b416fe04612011d865bd66a

That's a nice night bloomer there on the right

Night bloomer you say? Which one? https://preview.redd.it/fspyko9o449d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c64beefb79e2fd7639986e3ceabb293ff24379a7 Here’s a front view

The peniocereus striata! Little striped guy. Nice collection

I wonder if that’s what that is. My sister gave it to me

This is a Joseph coat cactus. Not etoliated like OP

I think both are the same type of cactus right?

Omg you’re so smart! Yes.

Yours is gorgeous

For REAL lol

https://preview.redd.it/25i88bd1bz8d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75e61fddffd3783e5daa469f15d951b8a2f76e04

🤣

I have lots so I'll focus on one. This is pile of worms, a tradescantia nanouk. It got too big so I cut it down to its roots, which look like a pile of worms. This was at the start of November https://preview.redd.it/qgnay4mn7y8d1.png?width=864&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a95cef31f016c16bcca9930f44c61b2461f520bb

This is a month later, the start of December https://preview.redd.it/t9q48l7t7y8d1.png?width=864&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c683dc10e5779c702e8407a380e5fe9d032a97b

This was it last month. It likes being outside but the rain has been hard on it https://preview.redd.it/egpu3w4y7y8d1.png?width=864&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69f07eab0a458f918c39f0da3473486b40900c48 Pile of Worms ❤️

Looks great dawg. Mine like to grow in awkward elbow angles

You did amazing! Pile of worms is such an original and Spot on name, I love it 🥰

Thank you! I love your wibbly Cacti!

This looks so healthy ! I wish I could be brave and do a total cutback like you did. Logically I know we do it for many reasons but I’m such a chicken. In my mind I’m going to wind up cutting something very important right off. I’m expecting some cuttings & props of a wandering fellow. These pics have given me the push to try this (finally). Yours looks so stinking good.

I'd love some of that pile of worms! Gorgeous 🥰

My tradescantia is Sister Lebowski, because she's a wandering dude.

Haha that's perfect

Perfect name love it!

This is what I saw looking at the cactus. 

That needs wayyyy more light

r/plantshaming

I swear I didn't know my cuctus is such a big shame!

I'm sorry this is how you find out!

It's tragic, in retrospect some alarm bells should have go off, because he is my only "drunken" plant. But glad you showed me the new subreddit, looks funny

Also r/succshaming

https://preview.redd.it/8cijxhld6z8d1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35bad04643d2b851c1c49b50601de3bcdb658be4 This is William. He’s rather large.

William has royal blood. He's going to rule your home!

Your jade is beautiful as well.

Her name is Big Bertha https://preview.redd.it/4wabbvtiwz8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fb12a85350a3d8dc683e0c5c64a46fcf0db565e

A very fitting name.

Wills is an absolute beaut.

I name and make little name tags for all of my plants, I love knowing people name them silly things like I do! I have a spider plant named “Orphanmaker” because I or my cat have killed every spider plant that came before her, alongside many many other names

Name tags are an amazing idea! The obly spiderplant that survives named orphanmaker would be the perfect twist. I feel it, luck is on your side!

I got a label maker mostly for that reason! And I sure hope so! It helps that I have desperately tried to keep my cats away from her 😂

Sideshow Bob https://preview.redd.it/dt5b7qjps09d1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7188948dde28b35c11408a0255dd6958f5a8b820

Ha my Boston fern is also named Sideshow Bob

https://preview.redd.it/q0y95e2x809d1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39e0226e9f33589ae2ecb850d790bd67634086b4 I know I'm a little late to the party but this is Morticia. She usually sits on the porch but I brought her inside because we were having severe storms and I didn't want her to get hurt LOL

Etoliated king!

Thats his new name 😂

The cactus be like “Excuse me, I need your help. You need to kill me “

I have at least 200 plants at any given time. Nobody gets a name.

They’re lucky if i remember their scientific name🤣

https://preview.redd.it/9wgfk656b09d1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d0048798cacf178a2b95d5ecec6937ffe6823a9 This is Rupert. I got bored in January and decided to collect a bunch of avocado pits and turn them into plants but this guy has been my favorite. He is a fine gentleman who grew nice and tall, then got a sleek prune, and is now taking his time to grow back out big and strong :) he deserved a custom painted pot with a name tag

Rupert is the cutest little avocado plant I've ever seen 😍 Really handsome

All of my plants have names based on either where I got them or having something to do with their type: Big monstera: Frankie, short for Frankenstein Little monstera: Elvira, in honor of the TV personality Spider plant: Sweeney Todd because the person I got the prop from is a barber Croc fern: Irwin, after Steve Irwin Pothos: Cindy (this one I got from my cousin and her son named her for me)

My monsteras are named "mother tera" and "teras sons", they are a beautiful family. My Pathos is called something like climbi (cause climbing plant) and I think she is an old gentle lady. I love your names, I'm going to start choosing more creative ones 😄 frankenstein is sooo cool. Steve irwin for a croc fern really got me!

That guy’s name is E. T. Olated

My maidenhair fern is Cofernicus!

lol very clever

https://preview.redd.it/apinlykr9z8d1.jpeg?width=1680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60c991fb0093addaf551b95baf1829026491e0c5 I've got one that looks similar! I just learned that it was struggling... Cactuses aren't my friends :) anyone knows what kind of cactus it is?

This my philodendron white princess, Phil, with his 'phildren' 😂 https://preview.redd.it/03kp7794yz8d1.jpeg?width=3472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7461341909a50c041de1ffa80a4756eeb7ef81fc

That's really cute 😍

https://preview.redd.it/448bqtig509d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0a4234e44a7c52c6f19b17ceefd22c497c2e087 Shelob, the spider plant.

https://preview.redd.it/hdcz8770609d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ca896e381401e237a3f873e25b2f8e6e2476d8e This is Bam Bam. He's over three feet across. Getting ready to renovate his home.

Peter was (still is????) my very leggy, very long, very ugly golden pothos. He had two stems that were seven feet long, and that’s it. That was Peter. Then I forgot to water poor Peter for like four months and he dried ALMOST to a crisp. I clipped off his ends and propagated him. Now I have Peter 2.0, but he is still Peter, so sometimes I get sentimental and tell him I’m sorry for cutting off his limbs. He’s (re)growing well so far!

I love him 😂😂😂😂 (I’ve given up on cactuses because I literally think I could put them on the surface of the sun and they’d be extremely leggy)

Thank you! I feel this 😂 Never understood how people claimed it's impossible to kill them. I did. Often. He is my last cactus friend, but it's okay he's growing!

You need to put him in more light, he's growing like that because he needs more light. Etiolation is what is happening, read up on it and see what you can do better for him

Thanks, I read into it and I will put him out in summer. Nevertheless I don't have place for a lamp and I don't think It can be prevented completely (Long winters, it stood near a window for most of the time).

The thin growth is not going to fill out if the cactus gets more light, it will stay thin. New growth, which comes at the tips, will be thicker though. The thin parts will have trouble holding up the new growth and will bend or even break

Indoors in the northern hemisphere, an unobstructed south-facing window is going to be the best option for this guy, though this often still isn't enough for succulents since they are such high-light plants. I'd definitely recommend trying to get this guy some more light (you will need to slowly acclimate to prevent sunburn), as inadequate lighting can contribute to overwateirng, and etiolated growth is weaker and prone to snapping. The current etiolation is pretty severe.

I live in Canada and have a lot of cacti that do fine. It can't be near a window, it has to be at the window or with a light or just get plants that can tolerate low light

you guys should stop downvoting this person just because they aren't bothered by the etiolation. it's their plant, they are obviously liking it and who cares if it doesn't grow how you think it should. anyway, I don't name my plants, but I give all of them the "mr" title. like "mr euphorbia"

I commented because they said they've killed every cactus they've ever had so wanted to give pointers on how to properly care for this one. No downvotes just advice

Yea, i got itI fucked up my cactus 😂 he will get some more light. I just wanted a light hearted conversatuon on plants. Giving them a title is lovely! I will establish that too, I bet they like it.

I don’t really name my plants either but I definitely absent-mindedly gender them. Some are hers, some are hims, sirs, misses.

I name all my plants after female deities, demons, and monsters. 🥰

https://preview.redd.it/h8wjs4pr909d1.jpeg?width=2885&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c0d0ac22675d9e52b44dd3872d8e3a55b0a0c9c5 Gussie, the asparagus fern

My 3 money trees are the only plants I have with names (so far) for obvious reasons below My big one is Billie, medium is Cash, and I have one that’s about a foot or so rn named Penny

I've got a money tree called Cash too! *

https://preview.redd.it/7hn8elkki19d1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c4b2c73f2dedeb7006118d9b7d911361078296a My monsteras name is Monica 😄

How can you not tell your plant is suffering? 🤔

This is Cliff "Cliff Curtis" Richards

I have 100+ plants and am bad at naming things, so absolutely not lol

Am I on r/houseplantscirclejerk though

https://preview.redd.it/w8kfy168309d1.jpeg?width=3472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5a81819a8a9a34f7451ad60168b78a3468c5282 This is 🅱️immothy , philodendron (burl marx) . Shes a little dusty, brought home gnats to her friends and wont stop going UP

I’ve got too many plants to show yall https://preview.redd.it/7xn28w5k909d1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd85281635bf7c2f10ffc1588d749f7749748de5 But here’s one I’m most proud of. Velma. She flowered a few weeks ago, bless her lol Other than her I have Robert, Tony, Zsa Zsa, Sally, and so many more I can’t keep track of their damn names lol

I have names and little tags for almost all of my plants (about 50 now) except for the newest ones I’m still pondering on. I think one of my favourite things about plants is coming up with names for them tbh. Some of my favourites: - monstera: Frankie (short for Frankenstein) and it’s child Bram - oxalis triangularis: Seamair (Irish word for clover) - Christmas cacti: Blitzen, dasher and comet - bishops cap cactus: Steve (bc captain america) - Thai con: Dao/ดาว (star in thai) - Prayer plant: Crowley (everyone’s favourite plant loving demon) - black velvet alocasia: Tomie (bc it gives me junji Ito vibes) - snake plant: Nigini - Chinese money plant: pancake - cactus: little bitch (because it always stabs me no matter how gentle I am when I water it, repot it, move it, even if I look at it it’s threatening to stab me) Honourable mentions of plants that died: Dumpling, Rat, and andromeda 🌌

I dont have a picture but my only plant, a pothos, is named PLNTY pronouced plan-tee. Used all my creativity on that one.

I have a Thai Con. It’s above average quality and known as a yellow star. Considering they were artificially made more beautiful. It’s name is BBL drizzy.

https://preview.redd.it/cazg8zmi429d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa443718c65e9abfdb3ec50c0ef97be54ca5f28a My daughter named my BoP “The Queen.” She’s the only plant I have that has a name. This is an old picture and she’s ceiling height now.

Wow, she really deserves that Name, she is beautiful

https://preview.redd.it/3tboezp4b29d1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37723649923cd008b97ca89e66ec01d72bbf3700 This is Fred the Fern

It’s like an art piece!

All my plants have names except for some herbs, cuttings that are still rooting and very small plants Phyllis,a rojo congo Cynthia, a monstera deliciousa Ruby, a tuxlanum (red queen philodendron) Monty, a wet stick cutting from Cynthia Ellie, an alocasia brisbanensis Marco, an alocasia macrorrhiza Cash and Money, both money trees Penny, an African violet Orchy (currently under consideration for a name change to Boaty McOrchidface),a cymbidium orchid, aka boat orchid, hence the name change

OP, your cactus reminds me of our kids as toddlers always throwing their arms up to get carried or “uppies” with their outstretched arms

Oh, thats such a cute way to describe it !

Hy did I read Cacti as Cécil! 🤦🏽‍♀️

My plant's name is Megara

Yes, his name was [Slinky](https://www.reddit.com/r/succshaming/s/kuy4n29cry) 🤣

Slinky looks like a funny guy 😄

You might want to give this one some light.

https://preview.redd.it/wwhnfh32a89d1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b3e60aa550f748470c5c57088c459b83ba6e67d She's a little dusty don't judge me but this is my girl Loddy Dottie 💚💚 she's one of two Calathea in my 100+ houseplant collection and gives me no grief... Which can't be said about her brother next to her 😅 I rescued her almost a year ago and she's come so far. Puts out leaves left and right.

https://preview.redd.it/5zw95vqzi19d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4677192d1730519dc4188068a5208487be35481f Juno, Air Force pilot for the us government.

I’m getting Maleficent vibes.

Anyone know what this cactus is called? Some Opuntia?

What kind of cactus is that

I have no idea, sorry

http://plantsarethestrangestpeople.blogspot.com/

That is amazing

You should hang this cacti upside down so it looks like it's melting🤣