Growing Greener

Monday, August 14, 2006

Epiphyllum oxypetallum "night blooming cereus"

The blossoms opened completely at 11 pm. Fragrant, amazing to look at. By 5 am they were nearly closed, now fully closed.

I did try to pollinate 2 of the blossoms. Curious to see if they make fruit.

Vitals:
Bike to work. Today, 9 miles each way (same as yesterday).
Wt 209. BP 128/87. HR 76

Labels: cactus, epiphyllum

3 Comments:

Congratulations. Those are quite pretty!

By Carol, at 6:32 PM
Beatiful! I have 5 buds and waiting for it to bloom. How do you pollinate it?

By Thuy, at 7:35 AM
Thanks.

I tried pollinating with a small paintbrush, but it didnt take.

Ther is one more bud forming, so another chance in about a month.

Thuy, did your's bloom?

By Daniel, at 3:31 PM

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