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09-12-2008, 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Sandy4453
That is absolutely, positively, breathtakingly, beautiful. It must smell like paradise at your home.
I love the night blooming cereus soooooooooo much that I collect a pattern of dishes from the 1940's with this flower pattern.
.........Here, have a look.
Enjoy your beautiful plant!
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Sandy,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, but that is actually kind of cool...to think that I am growing a plant that inspired a line of dishes decades before I came along. It doesn't make me cool, but the plant must be hip.
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09-12-2008, 02:41 AM
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They can be grown in full sun (the way my mother has theirs in Venezuela)! The leaves will however become very very pale yellowish with some red spots... therefore, I would prefer a bit of protection (but still high light!) and the plant looks healthier... I have seen people in Germany growing them in full sun during the sommer, and in the regions where the winter is a bit milder, even growing them outside in Winter (however, I would be very very carefull with it!).
The most sun and branches the plant has, the mre flowers you will get...
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09-12-2008, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by dgenovese1
Sandy,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, but that is actually kind of cool...to think that I am growing a plant that inspired a line of dishes decades before I came along. It doesn't make me cool, but the plant must be hip.
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True beauty never fades or goes out of style, Dave!
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11-21-2008, 08:57 AM
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That is a really beautiful plant. I have a related plant Epiphyllum ackermannii which has red flowers and flowers in the day time so no scent, but copious amounts of sweet pink nectar. (Tastes delicious) I tried to do the time lapse photography myself but that link is really amazing, Dorothy, thanks for putting it up.
Congratulations on a really beautiful cactus
regards
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11-27-2008, 08:45 PM
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epiphyllum oxypetalum or night blooming cereus, really isnt a cereus...and shares the name queen of the night with selenecereus plants too...but what a beautiful example of a well grown plant!!! i agree that more sun provides better blooming....
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11-27-2008, 09:24 PM
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Stunning blossoms David
I'm curious to know if these need any cool down in order to set flowers. This has nothing to do with the one I seen at the local greenhouse thats lonely. I'm just asking
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11-27-2008, 10:44 PM
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Hi David,
That is an awsome flower. I remember getting a cutting years ago and it never thrived. I lived in Illinois at the time. Always wanted to see it bloom. I was told it was fragrant and only bloomed at night. Now after seeing yours I think I'll have to track one down sometime.
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11-28-2008, 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Lagoon
Stunning blossoms David
I'm curious to know if these need any cool down in order to set flowers. This has nothing to do with the one I seen at the local greenhouse thats lonely. I'm just asking
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Hi Gloria,
I don't know the answer to your question, but I can tell you that it only blooms in the summer, and it does so three times a year, at least that's what it's been doing here in south Florida. Whether or not our cooler winters have anything to do with it or not, I'm not sure...
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