Sunday, May 3, 2009

Cactus Flowers at home

Last year I feature a photo of this cactus in my backyard because I was surprised by the two beautiful flowers it produced. JM of Oeiras and Environs Daily Photo told me it was a type of echinopsis cactus.

Well this year it produced even more beautiful flowers. The flowers are just stunning when the open up but, sadly they only last for 24 hours.
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownMay 3, 2009 at 5:12 AM

    Sharon, mine are also blooming! :-) Three flowers have allready died, but there are two more to come. I've posted two pics on the 'nature at home' blog.

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  2. Julie ScottsdaleDailyPhoto.comMay 3, 2009 at 5:36 AM

    cacti produce such beautiful flowers but they all live such a short time. I ran outside to capture a few photos of some blooming cactus that only last less than a day.

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  3. Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.comMay 3, 2009 at 6:28 AM

    Flowers from small cacti do at times seem to be overly large in proportion to the size of the cactus that produces them.

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  4. JudyMay 3, 2009 at 10:07 AM

    Perhaps they are so big and beautiful because they have such a short time to display their beauty.

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