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Miniature cactus flowers

vandenberg - 6-26-2008 at 12:04 PM

These little guys just showed up in a potted miniature cactus. About 11/2 inch across. It feels like plastic or wax and the center resembles a lifesaver candy. Tried Google with no result. Anyone seen those before ?







bacquito - 6-26-2008 at 07:25 PM

Good photo. Could the plant with the flower be in the family Euphorbiaceae. Some euphorbs look like cactus until they flower.
Your top photo looks like there are two types of plants-one a cactus and the other perhaps a euphorb. Just a guess!!

vandenberg - 6-26-2008 at 07:35 PM

Wife bought those at Ley's in La Paz last year.
That flower looks and feels almost artificial. Maybe you guys are right about it being a different species then a cactus.
Pictures are not to detailed and color correct, but was taken with a cheap digital camera. My SLR too much trouble.:P:biggrin:

jeans - 6-26-2008 at 10:46 PM

I hope the bloom appeared after you bought it. In a gift shop in San Diego I bought a tiny cactus in bloom with a single orange flower.

Two days later when the bloom was showing no sign of dieing I got suspicious. I poked at it and it popped off...It was a fake flower and it had been glued in place.

Boy, what a sucker...obviously I had not looked at it very closely.

beachbum1A - 6-27-2008 at 06:40 AM

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Originally posted by vandenberg
These little guys just showed up in a potted miniature cactus. About 11/2 inch across. It feels like plastic or wax and the center resembles a lifesaver candy. Tried Google with no result. Anyone seen those before ?









Now here is a cactus flower to be PROUD of!! None of that tiny stuff for me thank you!

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Iflyfish - 6-27-2008 at 06:51 AM

Check your spouce's eyes for glint. Sort of thing Mrsfish would do!

Iflyfish

woody with a view - 6-27-2008 at 07:34 AM

don't have an answer, but i do have a foto!!!

edit:cardon bloom

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SkyMedBarbara - 6-27-2008 at 07:57 AM

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Originally posted by Iflyfish
Check your spouce's eyes for glint. Sort of thing Mrsfish would do!

Iflyfish

SkyMedBarbara - 6-27-2008 at 08:08 AM

No trick Richard....this is for real...and yes some llttle miniture cactus have fake flowers on them when they sell them...have some myself, but you can tell they are fake...this one looks like a lifesaver with a five point striped flower (light yellow with brown stripes) behind it and you can actually see where it is attached to the little long cactus not the big round one. Today you can see the outside of the flower curling up (yellow with brown stripes)....the lifesaver part is still ok. It is the neatest cactus ? I have seen.
Anybody who might have an idea of what kind it is let me know. It does not smell..

vandenberg - 6-27-2008 at 08:13 AM

Hey guys,
Just to show this thing is not artificial, here is a picture of the same flower this morning. Starting to wilt.

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SkyMedBarbara - 6-27-2008 at 08:18 AM

Those little flowers on the round cactus are the artificial flowers put on lots of the miniture cactus you purchase.

bacquito - 6-27-2008 at 11:25 AM

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Originally posted by gringorio
Hey vandenberg,

I looked a little further and I think what you have there is a bloom called a 'carrion flower' Does the bloom have a bad smell to it? :lol:

see: http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0602.htm#carrion

greg

There is a "carrion flower" named Rafflesia arnoldi that I read was recently classified as a Euphorb.
Wow, that "flower"is mighty large compared to its stem.

longlegsinlapaz - 6-28-2008 at 08:31 AM

From my cactus book.....It's "Huernia.....H. Macrocarpa or H. Keniensis". It's classified as a succulent. Originated in Africa/

Succlent

bacquito - 6-28-2008 at 10:46 AM

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Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
From my cactus book.....It's "Huernia.....H. Macrocarpa or H. Keniensis". It's classified as a succulent. Originated in Africa/


Good call, it appears to be right. Member of the Milkweed family. Lots of information on it via goggle or Weikipedia. Thanks

vandenberg - 6-28-2008 at 03:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
From my cactus book.....It's "Huernia.....H. Macrocarpa or H. Keniensis". It's classified as a succulent. Originated in Africa/

Thanks Longlegs,
It's called Huernia Zebrina.


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vandenberg - 6-28-2008 at 03:58 PM

Better view

Al G - 6-28-2008 at 04:14 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by woody in ob
don't have an answer, but i do have a foto!!!

edit:cardon bloom

[Edited on 6-27-2008 by woody in ob]

That must be a very large flower to have a tennis shoe in it:o:lol:

Iflyfish - 6-28-2008 at 10:03 PM

Thanks Longlegs,
It's called Huernia Zebrina

Zebra hernia....I totally see that!

Iflyfish

motoged - 7-6-2008 at 10:02 PM

Pretty amazing flower, for sure:

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Russ - 7-7-2008 at 06:14 AM

From two days ago

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