Cactus Flower

[jjjnettie]

:) My cactus chose tonight to flower!
Been waiting and waiting, watching the bud grow.
It's not fully open yet and already it's 5" across.

[Inmykombi]

Nice one JJJ.

Dont get too close to it, it may be hungry....

[leon]

Nice one JJJ, and this is what it will look like when fully developed. ;)

PS. not trying to high jack your post, but we are Cactus lovers and have heaps of them. :)

Leon :thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

I'm taking photos of this last stage in the hope of creating an animation. Wish I'd realised it was going to open tonight. I could have gotten the whole thing.
It's the 3 year it's flowered. There was another bud growing, only just noticed it had fallen off.


Of course I don't mind you showing me yours Leon. (did I say that??)

[Liz]

Beautiful pic jjj, I think I have one of those, but is yet to flower.

[Terry B]

Epiphylum cacti are nocturnal flowering. Sometimes they will only last 1 night and die by the morning.

[h0ughy]

did you time lapse it JJJ? nice shot

[jjjnettie]

LOL I think flashing a flash at a night flower every 10 minutes causes it to think that it's day time and it must close.
Bleeding obvious when you think about it.

[leon]

You did JJJ, :lol: it's all good. ;)

Leon :thumbsup: