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🌵 bautista

Echinopsis chamaecereus · peanut cactus

healthyThe Desperado Club (Vego 2x6)

Light Full sun · Water rarely (bone-dry between) · Soil gritty · Pets ✅ non-toxic (bristly)

🧬 genusEchinopsis chamaecereus💧 waterSoak, then bone-dry🪨 soilGritty cactus mix🐾 pets✅ Pet-safe (non-toxic), but bristly🌱 feed~every 60 days in season

⚔️ arena card

🌵 bautistaBruiser
lv 62
HP8
MP3
ATK8
DEF8
SPD3
🏟️ Florida +1
✦ Bodyguard a spined tank that takes the hit for the squad.

"Get behind me. Nothing reaches you through these spines."

⏳ then → now

bautista then
then · 2025-10-13
bautista now
now · 2026-05-04

7 months surviving the Florida arena

📸 babies → now 2

bautista 1
2025-10-13
bautista 2
2026-05-04 · 2026-06, blooming bright orange on the grow shelf

🪴 care

📝 log

🌿 identification

Peanut cactus (Echinopsis chamaecereus, syn. Chamaecereus silvestrii), family Cactaceae. Confirmed by the finger-thick clustering stems with soft white bristles and the unmistakable bright orange flower. A prolific, easy bloomer that pups into a clump. Non-toxic to pets.