Re: [gardeners] Caught a night blooming cactus flower in bloom!
Annetta Green (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 14 Jul 2001 07:24:16 -0400
Carol,
That is gorgeous. Definitely worth staying up for.
Anne in FL
zone 9b, sunset 26
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol J. Bova" <bova@bovagems.com>
To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 3:39 AM
Subject: [gardeners] Caught a night blooming cactus flower in bloom!
> Hi Folks!
> I finally caught one of my night-blooming snake cactus plants right after
> it opened! It will be limp and drooping by morning... which is when I
> usually discover them. This afternoon, after realizing I missed one bloom
> last night, I noticed another bud was very pregnant on a second plant, and
> here it is tonight!
>
> http://www.bovagems.com/gfx/gems/cactus%20flower%207-13-01.jpg
> This is from a cutting from a plant that used to grow on a swamp oak
behind
> my parents' old house in St. Petersburg, FL. It would send out roots into
> the oak leaf mulch at the base of the tree and spread out at the base of
> the tree in long, branching sections, hence the name snake cactus. It also
> would climb up the bark, and was about 30 feet high. I remember visiting
> one summer and seeing 30 dinner plate size blooms all open up and down the
> tree. Quite a sight! My plants are just twiglets compared to the mama
> plant... one is maybe 2 feet long, the other 3.
>
> My mom must be smiling down from heaven tonight. She used to stay up every
> year to get photos to send to me. Now I finally caught one of my own.
<g>
>
> Carol
> Midnight in Sunland, CA
>
>