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Just created a Facebook page of the same title, "CONFESSIONS OF A PINOY CACTOPHILE". Should I have used the word "cactoholic" instead, even though it's not a word?  Anyway, I uploaded this photo of one of my Gymnocalycium Anisitsiis as the Facebook page's profile picture.  Gorgeous isn't it?  Actually, I had this cactus for free!  When I bought a mammillaria, this one was sticking out from the side of the plastic planter where the mammillaria was in.  I was quite fortunate, don't you think!  xoxo


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