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08-27-2011, 10:56 PM
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| So what do you think this is?
I'm quizzing, but I don't have the answer. This is a cutting from a friend years ago. It is now putting out a bloom. I'm guessing some type of Epiphyllum (sp?) I had since received many cuttings from Solay (geek Cindy) and think it may be the same family. Could it be a dragon fruit? It is still budding out. It keeps getting bigger. I'll be watching it and take photos.   |
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08-28-2011, 12:04 AM
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i'd say you were right, we have some of them growing in the tree's in the nature strip that ive planted down the side of our property, except ours decided to visit from next-doors tree's, i can't wait to see the bloom pictures
__________________ Michael  The minute you stop learning is the minute you stop living My friends and family call it an obsession, i call it an interesting hobby |
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08-28-2011, 12:19 AM
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Its dragon fruit i believe
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08-28-2011, 12:24 AM
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I have maybe half a dozen of these plants starting out myself. If it does bloom, from what I have read it will be really fragrent, and will only last maybe a day. It will only bloom at night, and fruit bats or something like that would have to pollinate it to produce the fruit. We have the plants all over here, and if you havent tried the fruit, its really juicy.
__________________ Just one more orchid couldn't hurt, could it? ~~Cyndi~~ |
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08-29-2011, 11:53 PM
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This grew very quickly. All of a sudden, poof, a flower is coming. I told hubby it was going to bloom tonight. And it did. It looks very similar to the night blooming cereus in flower but not foliage.(well sort of)     size comparison size comparison   blooming later; more open A beautiful flower. But heck! Are they all going to bloom in the dark?? |
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08-30-2011, 12:13 AM
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I LOVE the puppy size shot  - that is sooo cute!
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08-30-2011, 12:16 AM
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The bloom reminds me of a night blooming cirus (spelling) cactus although I know that's not it, the body-not so much, but at any rate neat plant you got... and cute pup!
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08-30-2011, 12:34 AM
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Very pretty flower! How long did it last? My Epiphyllum oxypetalum (a similar-looking flower) blooms for only 6hrs or so. Btw, cute puppy!
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08-30-2011, 03:43 AM
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heheh BEAUTIFUL, the puppy shot was halarious
__________________ Michael The minute you stop learning is the minute you stop living My friends and family call it an obsession, i call it an interesting hobby |
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08-30-2011, 11:18 AM
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holy cow that's a big flower!  |
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08-30-2011, 11:28 AM
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That's either one huge flower, or one really small dog!  Interesting that you tagged the photos as a cactus flower. I was going to say that in your first photos, the leaves look a little like christmas cactus. I really don't know tropical plants, however, so it's just an observation. I'm probably way off! Lynne, I would so love to see your garden! Even though you've posted lots of wonderful pictures, I can just imagine how beautiful it must be in person! You really have an eye for plants and composition. 
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08-30-2011, 05:25 PM
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It was closed this a.m. So I guess it too is a one nighter. Sort of disappointing.
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08-30-2011, 07:22 PM
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Bummer!!! Those kind of flowers remind me of the plant that Walter Matthau was growing in the movie Dennis the Menace...he waits forty years to see it bloom for a minute and then misses it!
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08-30-2011, 07:26 PM
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yes after seeing the bloom it is a dragon fruit plant. The flowers only bloom at night, and last normally just a day or two. They grow all over the place in asia.
__________________ Just one more orchid couldn't hurt, could it? ~~Cyndi~~ |
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08-30-2011, 08:24 PM
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That Bloom is CRAZY AWSEOME!!!!!
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08-30-2011, 08:53 PM
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OOooh, its too bad you didn't have two blooms and get one polinated! I understand the fruit is yummy!
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09-05-2011, 12:37 AM
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very beautiful. would love to have one
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09-05-2011, 12:39 AM
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09-05-2011, 12:51 AM
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So you still think it is dragon fruit? And it need two blooms. Interesting. We'll have to see what happens next bloom season. We attached it to a tree. I'm wondering if I will regret that. I just missed another bloom on the night bloom cereus. It grew so quick and I didn't think I needed to check it yet.
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