Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

Epiphyllum NOID cactus in bud.  2.11.16 Helleborus.  2.11.16  In february there isn't much blooming here. In the sunroom, an ...

Epiphyllum oxypetallum.  9.21.14 Epiphyllum oxypetallum.  9.21.14   The annual blooming of the " bunga bakawali ".  This ...

More accurately, it is an Epiphyllum oxypetallum , jungle-dwelling cacti that live on tree branches and rocky outcrops far above the forest...

This hybrid epi was purchased as a rooted cutting 2 years ago. This is the first bloom. The variety is "Piccolo". It opened l...

Here's a thought. Some plants are grown for their summer appearance, and ave overwintered in order to maintain them for the next year. O...

Today is the day for progress notes. I have been diligent about keeping the deck plants watered. They are on the North side of the house, al...

This room has a south-facing window. It is not used so the heat is turned off. The temperature is usually in the 50s on cold days. Some of t...

This dracaena and trailing pelargonium are overwintering, dry, dark, in the garage. It is attached so doesn't freeze. The brugmansia ove...

No photos today. Weekend in Quincy IL. Things look stable there. Interesting - growing up there, everyone had a backyard garden. I didn...

The elusive, night blooming cactus. Once annually. If you are not watching for it, it's gone.

I think that one flower already bloomed last night and I missed it. The other one is blooming now. Amazing, this cactus lost so much mass ...

This cactus was nearly completely denuded by some type of illness that made most of the sections become brown and crispy. I removed the dead...

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 pol...

Looks like it will bloom tonight. Auspicious in Taiwan . Grown from a cutting - a gift from a colleague. This cactus was more or less negle...