Here's the pic.

NOOOO!!! Hideous! Poor things.

Flipping hideous! Poor echinopsis, I think. But I need to see if they sell.

At my local BB store they had a number of them. They don't seem to be moving so well. You know they don't know how to water cacti & succulents and I noticed that as time goes by, that awful paint or dye or whatever it is seems to wear away. Some of the plants are even showing new growth. One of the Echinopsis dominoe even bloomed, although sadly, when I saw it the bloom was collapsed and fading.

I believe they are Altman Plants offerings. Of course, this is not the first year I've seen them. They must move well enough to make it worth it for Altman, else they wouldn't continue to produce them, kinda like those ridiculous glued on straw flowers mentioned above.

At least those can be removed a bit more easily, although admittedly, I did find a sweet little Mamm. plumosa with a straw flower glued on. I got it about a week or so ago and still haven't removed it for fear of snatching out the "feathers" since they are of a much finer texture than other cacti.

Oh man that’s a first. Haven’t seen painted cactus yet, just Echeveria and Gasteraloe.

Imo this is much worse because a succulent like Echeveria will just grow new leaves and one day the paint will be gone. I bought a Gasteraloe years ago because I was curious to see if they would live, and they do. Never will buy one again because I don’t want to encourage this practice no matter how bad I feel for the poor plant. Imagine how those painted cactus are going to look 5 or 10 years down the road:(.

Tyler- in my erased email I had written I suggested not to remove the glue off the plumosa because I’m sure “feathers” will come out super easily. What I do when the glue is tricky I just let the sun/heat and growth help remove it slowly overtime. Be careful tho because if water hits the purple flower the stupid dye will stain the pretty white “feathers”.

Well, at-least the ones in the back look normal! And if the paint wears-off, at-least it's good for the cactus.

I seen them last year and this year there is a lot more so someone must be buying them.

No thank you!

Right -- the ones on the back, the succulents without the paint :) are OK. The cacti will have to wait for the rain to wash it. :(

My 4 year old would go bananas if she saw a pink or purple cactus. I can't imagine who these are marketed to other than little kids who don't know any better. It does look like there are some nice plants hidden under the paint. :)

OK, in the back are succulents, no flowers, just endless abuse. Immediately left are the cacti, straw flowers included. I surely hope that paint washes off.

I wish they were only marketed to kids... a friends roommate has not one, not two, BUT THREE of the same cactus in different colours and refuses to believe me that they’re actually the same and that they’re painted

@CS: A fool and their money .....

If it’s the same paint that was used on my Gasteraloe it does not was off in the rain.

So how did you get it off?

I know on hers, the paint appears to only be on the (white) spines. She refuses to believe me even though the very few points of new growth over the past 2 years have been white not red, purple or green

Aren't those just ... tongue in cheek ... gorgeous?

I've said it before, I'll say it again..."Plants to Dye For".

tj

https://www.southernliving.com/garden/grumpy-gardener/plants-to-dye-for I

I thought they were cupcakes!

Rob, on my Gasteraloe the leaves just grew out after about 2-3 years. That’s the problem with painting cactus the paint will always be there. If I remember correctly the paint was a lot like spray paint. Obviously some paint will peel and flake overtime, but I think there will always be a little bit leftover. Especially on the areoles.

I painted some of my Thanksgiving Cactus leaves. LOL

Got a little too close to the plant when I was painting a pot. . . . sigh . . .

Just cut it back.

Yeah, I can cut that back with little effect on the plant. unlike the poor plants you saw at the store. There are several painted strands of leaves on mine. It doesn't seem to be bothering the plant at all, so I'll just wait until the spring prune.

I'm more careful when painting now! I used to do my spray painting in the garage, but my husband has the crazy idea that we should keep the car in there!

Beware of painted plants. You may find-out it's a plastic cactus! I have never encountered such a seller, but who knows? Someone may have thought of it already. It may also be another way a seller is ridding of some dying (or dead) plants!

One thing I noticed in Japan is that they have very realistic fake succulents. So many species and types, it's quite impressive! Nothing like Ikea or other stores here in North America.