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our Orchid Cactus is going nuts this year....

tripledigitken - 5-17-2012 at 07:24 PM

total of 20 buds









Udo - 5-17-2012 at 07:29 PM

Muy lindo, Ken.

tripledigitken - 5-17-2012 at 07:57 PM

gracias Udo

Ateo - 5-17-2012 at 07:58 PM

Love it.

woody with a view - 5-17-2012 at 08:20 PM

that is weird. ours are doing nothing. we have 3 different types of dragon fruit bearers and not a single bloom yet.......:?:

tripledigitken - 5-17-2012 at 09:32 PM

It did get cut back and re-potted this year, maybe that's the reason. It usually only produces 5+- flowers.

Skipjack Joe - 5-18-2012 at 03:34 AM

Very nice, Ken. #3 is really special.

Natalie Ann - 5-18-2012 at 06:57 AM

Your cactus is beautiful, Ken.
But do notice those teensy tiny webs on your plant and remove them asap.... aphids are on their way.

My orchid cactus is large and always blooms well. But this year it has more blooms and each one is simply enormous - maybe 3 times the size of normal, which already if large. I can hardly wait for the first of the blooms to open!

nena

[Edited on 5-18-2012 by Natalie Ann]

woody with a view - 5-18-2012 at 07:02 AM

all y'alls knows that dish soap and water in a spray bottle kills garden pests without harming the plant, right?

tripledigitken - 5-18-2012 at 07:04 AM

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Originally posted by Natalie Ann
Your cactus is beautiful, Ken.
But do notice those teensy tiny webs on your plant and remove them asap.... aphids are on their way.

My orchid cactus is large and always blooms well. But this year it has more blooms and each one is simply enormous - maybe 3 times the size of normal, which already if large. I can hardly wait for the first of the blooms to open!

nena

[Edited on 5-18-2012 by Natalie Ann]


Thanks for the heads up on the aphids. I'm glad I didn't "clone" them out of the photo. ;)

Ken Bondy - 5-18-2012 at 07:47 AM

Beautiful Ken!!! Muy bien hecho!!!

[Edited on 5-18-2012 by Ken Bondy]

durrelllrobert - 5-18-2012 at 07:51 AM

We have 3 plants and 2 have had more than 20 flowers each. The third one that was repotted about 1 month ago only has 6.This picture was taken by Dedee Scanlen at the annual Punta Banda garden tour earlier this month:

goldhuntress - 5-18-2012 at 09:02 AM

My friend gave me a start he grew about 3 months ago and I've got one bloom.

tripledigitken - 5-18-2012 at 01:58 PM

Very nice!
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Originally posted by goldhuntress
My friend gave me a start he grew about 3 months ago and I've got one bloom.

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[Edited on 5-18-2012 by tripledigitken]

BajaBlanca - 5-18-2012 at 04:53 PM

those flowers are all the epitome of gorgeous .... I have one about to open but not quite yet ....the huge one from last year got replanted by a neighbor who thought she was doing me a favor - it does NOT look like it will give the beautiful flowers like last year.

these flower threads have to be my favorite ... they simply put a grin from ear to ear on my face.

Here are some of mine - no where near as spectacular as the orchid cacti but pleasing nonetheless:








Does anyone recognize this one ???? I would love to know what it is:

woody with a view - 5-18-2012 at 05:27 PM

pitcher plant going strong


what is this one?


cholla? gonna bloom in the morning.

now pale yellow to go with pink

tripledigitken - 5-20-2012 at 08:28 AM

this bloomed last night..........

this plant puts out 2 colors







[Edited on 5-20-2012 by tripledigitken]

BajaBlanca - 5-20-2012 at 10:22 AM

exquisite. no other word quite describes the flowers above more adequately. Two of my cactus plants flowered within the last 2 days ...




woody with a view - 5-20-2012 at 10:59 AM

i love cactus! my cactus garden on the side of the house is just coming out of hibernation but no flowers yet.

ecomujeres - 5-23-2012 at 07:40 PM

@Bajablanca:

You asked what the white funnelform flower is. We think it kinda looks like a petunia.

The cactus that you asked if it was a cholla is not. It's a Mammillaria. If it came from Baja, then it looks like it is most likely Mammillaria dioica. Did it have white "petals" each with a reddish midstripe and a lime green multi-branched stigma (that long thingy sticking out of the middle of the flower)?

Finally, the hanging succulent looks like a species of Sedum (Crassulaceae). You can use Yahoo or Google search and look for images of Sedum. There are tons and tons, but you might find something that looks like your species with the particular flower you have.

BajaBlanca - 5-24-2012 at 06:11 AM

thanks so much for identifying the petunia ....

ecomujeres: be sure to post the photo of that gorgeous plant that belongs to your neighbor with the hundreds of flowers....the one you showed us last year !

BajaBlanca - 5-24-2012 at 06:15 AM

Woody - that sedum looks like mine

SEDUM MORGANIANUM or burro's tail

I had to buy myself another one because the birds pecked away so much at my last one, that it eventually died.

[Edited on 5-24-2012 by BajaBlanca]

tripledigitken - 5-24-2012 at 09:35 AM

another 2 yellow blooms, one pink on the same plant....












[Edited on 5-24-2012 by tripledigitken]

BajaBlanca - 5-24-2012 at 11:32 AM

wow...very pretty ....

tripledigitken - 5-24-2012 at 04:20 PM

Bajablanca,

I just added another bloom.

Thanks,

Ken

ecomujeres - 5-24-2012 at 07:06 PM

@BajaBlanca, here I am reposting those photos/links to our neighbor's wacky cactus, which at the moment is not doing anything...
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Originally posted by ecomujeres
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Originally posted by ecomujeres


Here in Oakland, we have a neighbor who has a huge cactus (along the size of Baja's Pitaya dulce - Stenocereus thurberi) that is probably a species of Echinopsis. Almost every summer (even here in the fog belt) it puts on the most incredible display with its mass flowering of huge (9-11 inch) white flowers. It goes on for about a week or so, with maybe up to 50 flowers total on the 8-10 stems, then just stops. Really cool...


BajaBlanca:
Well, I seriously underestimated the number of flowers that that cactus can put out! I've been following my neighbors plants photographically since June 23 when the first flower or two bloomed. Here's but one sample, with 50+, when it hadn't even got fully going:




One of the plants had many flowers, as the photo I previously posted shows, while the large plant had only 2 or 3. However, on July 7, I went back and then returned every few days after that.

I've posted a bunch of photos of the large plant's progression from July 11 to 21 (2011) to my Picasa album. I still have to rename the photos of the other cacti to group similar photos so a sequence of growth can be seen and will upload and post them when I have time.

Check out my Picasa album. The file names indicate the dates, and in some cases time of day that the photos were taken. View as a slideshow to see a group of photos of the same angle/plant part as it progresses over time.

On the 15th, I went by in the morning on my regular walk and there were 4 flowers. We returned at about 8 pm that evening and there were more than 20 flowers fully open. There wasn't much fragrance from the flowers (too cold) until the evening of the 16th when we had a balmy evening. Incredddddible! And the plants were all swarming with honey bees. Didn't see anything other than European ones, nothing native.

The number of open flowers kept increasing on a given afternoon/evening, when new flowers opened. From 20 to 30 to 45 then 60 and 80 and on. On the morning of the 19th, I counted over 100 blooms that had been open during the past day and two nights and were by then mostly closing up and wilting. I also counted around 30 more buds that still had not opened.

These plants are amazing and I really enjoyed the doucmentation process. I think that they are now mostly done, though the two cacti next door are still putting out new buds and blooms, though on a much smaller scale.

Enjoy!

BajaBlanca - 5-25-2012 at 03:03 PM

ecomujeres .... that has become one of my favorite photos due to the sheer number of flowers ...sure wish it were in my garden. thanks for posting and I will indeed check out the picassa photos.

Ken - those flowers are just so majestic ... can I ask, are these plants in full sun ? part sun ? more morning sun ? more afternoon sun ? heck I have mine all over and they are not flowering LOL

tripledigitken - 5-25-2012 at 03:07 PM

Mid to late afternoon sun only this time of year.

Ken

DianaT - 5-25-2012 at 03:45 PM

Ken, those last three pictures are BEAUTIFUL -- I especially like the composition, clarity and delicate nature of the second one---it is my favorite!

tripledigitken - 5-26-2012 at 04:24 PM

Thanks Diana.

Those Flowers on the Cacti Are So Beautiful

Gypsy Jan - 5-26-2012 at 07:58 PM

Questions:

Does the cactus do well in a cool coastal climate like Rosarito?

What is the Spanish name for it if I am searching for it at a Mexican nursery?

Thanks in advance, GJ

tripledigitken - 5-27-2012 at 07:05 AM

GJ,

Our cactus is in shade all but late afternoon and thrives. We are on a hill with direct line of site to the ocean, so we get cool breezes much of the year. I would bet it would do fine where you are. As far as the Mexican name, I can't be of any help on that one.

I'd give one a try, ours is very hearty.

Ken

Second time this summer that they bloomed!

woody with a view - 9-28-2013 at 05:40 PM

Thanks to Udo for the Japanese Float for support!



monoloco - 9-28-2013 at 06:38 PM

Woody, What's the name of that plant? Those flowers remind me of a pitcher plant, is it some kind of epiphyte?

woody with a view - 9-28-2013 at 06:53 PM

it is a Pitcher Plant! good eye, Mono. we've had it facing the southeast under the patio for 3 years now and she keeps on growing. i'm afraid to replant it as i don't want to break it. there is a baby growing out of the middle of it.

[Edited on 9-29-2013 by woody with a view]

durrelllrobert - 9-29-2013 at 09:55 AM

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Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
Questions:

Does the cactus do well in a cool coastal climate like Rosarito?


Thanks in advance, GJ


I'm in Punta Band just above the bay and the climate is the same as Rosarito. This is what mine look likes in the spring. About 20 blossoms on all three pots that I have.

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh37/durrellrobert/orchid...

BajaBlanca - 9-29-2013 at 10:24 AM

What a gorgeous flower!