Abaningi bethu kungenzeka baqaphele ngokuma ngokumelene nesizinda sakwa- cacti nabo kanye nezinaliti ezinemibala. Yebo, akumangazi, ngoba kunzima ukudlulisa i-cactus, ehlanganiswe izihlungi ezinemibala - eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka oluhlaza noma olukhanyayo. Luhlobo luni lwesimangaliso lokhu, i-cactus enezinaliti ezinemibala, ukuthi unalo igama nokuthi yini edinga ukunakekelwa, ungafunda kusuka kusihloko sethu.
Umbala wombala
Iningi le-cacti linombala oluhlaza okwebala kanye nezimpunga ezinemibala emhlophe. Kodwa kukhona emvelweni nangabantu ngabanye, yimuphi uhlobo olunikeze umbala ongavamile. Isibonelo, i-Astrophytum myriostigma isitshalo esimhlophe esimane sididekile nje nocezu lwama-limestone. I-myrtillocactus geometrizans, i-Neochilenia paucicostata, i-Lobivia i-glauca ne-Acanthocalycium griseum ijabulisa iso ngebala elimnandi lesikhumba esibomvu. Futhi i-cacti eqenjini lezikhulu ezifana neF F. Castanea noma i-F. Cataphracta livela kuzo zonke izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zezinga elibomvu. Ukuze ubuhle bemibala bungalokothi balahlekelwe umbala wabo ongajwayelekile, badinga ukunakekelwa okufanele, ikakhulukazi, inani elanele elangeni. Uma ukukhanya okwanele, khona-ke ngokuhamba kwesikhathi umbala we-cactus uzophelela futhi kusukela esivamile kuya kuba ovamile kakhulu.
Cacti ngezinaliti ezinemibala
I-Cacti ngezinaliti ezinemibala, ngokungafani ne-cacti enemibala, akuzona izinto ezithinta imvelo, kodwa umsebenzi wezandla zomuntu. Ukuze izinaliti ze-cactus zithole umbala ongafani nemvelo, kwanele ukuyihlwanyela ebhodweni eligcwele inhlanganisela yenhlabathi evamile ye-cactus enemibala yokudla ngokwesilinganiso se-1 kuya ku-3. Njalo ngesikhathi sokunisela, i-cactus izothatha ingxenye yedayi futhi emva kwezinyanga ezingu-3-4 izithole zalo zizothola umbala ofanelekayo. Ukunakekela le cactus enemibala ngeke kuhluke ekunakekeleni nanoma yiluphi olunye uhlobo lwe-cactus yasekhaya.