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My neighbor's frangrant cactus flower
My neighbor called me over to her house yesterday to admire this wonderful flower....I think it is an organ pipe cactus - can anyone confirm ?
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What a beauty !!!! It is such a treat when a cactus blossoms 
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I received this same cactus as a gift last winter. I noticed yesterday that it has set buds and I wondered what the blooms would look like. Now I
know - beautiful.
Thank you, Blanca, for giving me a view of what I have to look forward to.
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What a cool flower!
Kind of looks like this puppy----Echinopsis schickendantzii, but I didn't do an exhaustive search....I had never seen this website before but it has a
key for IDing cactii:
http://cactiguide.com/cactus/?start=90&habit=Cylindrical
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it DOES really look like that cactus .... how strange though ...my neighbor said she got it from a rancho in the mountains of Baja ....
you guys can not imagine how wonderful the frangrance is ..light ...sweet ...delicate. Who would ever guess that something so divine could be
produced by a mega spined cactus.
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Beautiful. Much easier to procreate when you smell good, no?  
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so true elgatoloco !!!
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It's a pitaya.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitaya#Varieties
Pic in Gallery....3/4's down the page
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if it's a pitaya, it is really different from any pitaya we see around here. there are lots of them as the locals love to eat the fruit...my
neighbor, who is Mexican, says she has never seen this particular plant except in the mountains where she got it from her mother-in-law.
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I have one rescued from the "outback".....at under 100' above sea level. Did you look at the pic in the URL I provided? It's the same right down to
the long stamen which isn't common in other pitaya blossoms.
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Blanca
here is the spring bloom from last weekend, where i like to roam!
no other humans were present.....
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| Quote: | Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
... Did you look at the pic in the URL I provided? It's the same right down to the long stamen which isn't common in other pitaya blossoms.
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Longlegsinlapaz…
The photo you pointed out as “Pitaya” is of one of the Hylocereus species noted up near the top of the same wikipedia page. If you follow those
links, you’ll see photos of the rest of the plants, which are described as “vine-like” and are not at all like the plant in the photo BajaBlanca
posted.
The flower alone is not enough to make an ID in this case. And the biggest problem with common names is that the same name is used for totally
unrelated species and even across unrelated plant families.
Bajablanca/Mexitron:
It could be a species of Echinopsis, like Mexitron proposed. But one article I read about the species he named is that it has non-fragrant flowers.
These ornamentals are really hard to ID from a photo. Very specific info on stems, spines, flower and fruit are usually needed to make an ID, that
is, if you can find the reference material to key the plant out.
I’ve not come across a description of a cactus with this growth form and type of flower in the Baja plant literature, but then, it could be a species
newly described since Wiggins’ 1980 work, and yet not published. ¿Quién sabe?
I’d bet that the rancheros brought the plant in from elsewhere (maybe even decades ago), since Echinopsis spp. are native to Argentina and popular as
ornamentals of all sizes. There are many ornamentals in Baja that do really well in peoples' gardens and continue to become more prevalent because
people plant them in their gardens and share them with friends. There also seems to be a strange desire to have gardens with “exotic” species
(including cacti and other succulents), rather than native, desert-adapted plants.
Beautiful flowers.
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...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ecomujeres
| Quote: | Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
... Did you look at the pic in the URL I provided? It's the same right down to the long stamen which isn't common in other pitaya blossoms.
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Longlegsinlapaz…
The photo you pointed out as “Pitaya” is of one of the Hylocereus species noted up near the top of the same wikipedia page. If you follow those
links, you’ll see photos of the rest of the plants, which are described as “vine-like” and are not at all like the plant in the photo BajaBlanca
posted.
The flower alone is not enough to make an ID in this case. And the biggest problem with common names is that the same name is used for totally
unrelated species and even across unrelated plant families.
Bajablanca/Mexitron:
It could be a species of Echinopsis, like Mexitron proposed. But one article I read about the species he named is that it has non-fragrant flowers.
These ornamentals are really hard to ID from a photo. Very specific info on stems, spines, flower and fruit are usually needed to make an ID, that
is, if you can find the reference material to key the plant out.
I’ve not come across a description of a cactus with this growth form and type of flower in the Baja plant literature, but then, it could be a species
newly described since Wiggins’ 1980 work, and yet not published. ¿Quién sabe?
I’d bet that the rancheros brought the plant in from elsewhere (maybe even decades ago), since Echinopsis spp. are native to Argentina and popular as
ornamentals of all sizes. There are many ornamentals in Baja that do really well in peoples' gardens and continue to become more prevalent because
people plant them in their gardens and share them with friends. There also seems to be a strange desire to have gardens with “exotic” species
(including cacti and other succulents), rather than native, desert-adapted plants.
Beautiful flowers.
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...
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I'm almost certain that its not a Baja native. And ecomujeres is right---it can be quite difficult to ID the Cactus Family with photos only.
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ecomujeres...pics of those 50 flowers is requested PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ
wow, I think I should get a copy of the 1980 book as well.
thanks for trying longlegs...I tried to find the flower you were referring to, but couldn't find it, not sure why ....
woody - that photo is just spectacular. amazing ...just amazing what the desert produces.
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| Quote: | | ecomujeres...pics of those 50 flowers is requested PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ posted by BajaBlanca |
I went for a walk today and was thinking about the neighbor’s cactus and needing to check to see if it was blooming. I turned the corner and saw the
large one with just a single flower and a few buds and let out a sigh. But then as I got closer, I gasped when I saw the smaller plant. It only had
27 blossoms!
I could only get a close up of the flower from the larger plant that was hanging over the fence. The neighbor’s yappy dog was very annoying.
I was surprised the photos came out so well. I was only using my ancient digital point and shoot with 1.2 megapixels.
A couple of houses up, there are a couple of large cacti. One is the same species as the previous photos while this one below seems different. Much
smoother, wider ribs and the flower is much smaller and some of the flower “petals” are roseate.
It’s got a lot of buds though:
[Edited on 6-23-2011 by ecomujeres]
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check out those flowers !!!! cacti on steroids !!! call in the patrols !!!
thanks so much - those are lovely.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ecomujeres
| Quote: | | ecomujeres...pics of those 50 flowers is requested PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ posted by BajaBlanca |
I went for a walk today and was thinking about the neighbor’s cactus and needing to check to see if it was blooming. I turned the corner and saw the
large one with just a single flower and a few buds and let out a sigh. But then as I got closer, I gasped when I saw the smaller plant. It only had
27 blossoms!
I could only get a close up of the flower from the larger plant that was hanging over the fence. The neighbor’s yappy dog was very annoying.
I was surprised the photos came out so well. I was only using my ancient digital point and shoot with 1.2 megapixels.
A couple of houses up, there are a couple of large cacti. One is the same species as the previous photos while this one below seems different. Much
smoother, wider ribs and the flower is much smaller and some of the flower “petals” are roseate.
It’s got a lot of buds though:
[Edited on 6-23-2011 by ecomujeres] |
Is that a San Pedro cactus?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
thanks for trying longlegs...I tried to find the flower you were referring to, but couldn't find it, not sure why .... |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitaya#Varieties
Keep Scrolling....it's just over 3/4 of the way down the looong page & is labeled Costa Rica Pitaya flower.
Looks the same to me, but I bow to ecomujeres & Mexitron's superior plant ID expertise.
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Monoloco---sure looks like a San Pedro Cactus (Cereus or Echinopsis pachanoi) in the upper photos. The lower two are some version of Cereus
peruvianus (Night Blooming Cereus) I'd imagine. The are both bat-pollinated. No, really, I'm cereus!
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excellent Mexitron !!
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