Comments on: Cactus!

By: bbum

bbum — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:42:13 +0000

That is awesome!

You can’t directly embed pictures here, but you can embed links. I’d suggest uploading your photo to http://flickr.com and then posting a link here.

By: Spirit

Spirit — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:39:57 +0000

How do i submit a picture here ?

By: Spirit

Spirit — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:38:24 +0000

I have the same cactus which has multiplied into many . My mother cactus is about 20 years old now and over 2′ tall. They have multiple blooming spans .The most blooms i have seen at one time on my large cactus is 51 . The trick i use to get the cactus to bloom is stale beer . I feed stale beer the first 2 weeks of July to the cactus , this atracks flys and insects But !! produces many buds , these cactus drink lots of water so i water them regularly ,just make sure you dont over do it !!

By: Tam @ Smith Travel Blog

Tam @ Smith Travel Blog — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:31:03 +0000

great pictures… did you know that because of the long tube it’s only moths that can reach the nectar and pollinate them? if not now you do!

By: Amie

Amie — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:18:19 +0000

It wasn’t particularly showy. Just a little random cactus from Home Depot or some such. And Abbey did indeed drown the poor thing (as well as a few other plants) when she decided to water every plant in the house without asking on a day when everything had already been watered (or didn’t need it)

But the flowers were indeed nice. Only lasted about a day or two each, and probably 6 blossoms total on a cactus the size of a D battery over a period of 2 weeks.

By: bbum

bbum — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:21:20 +0000

Hah! I hate it when I see glued on flowers.

The reality, though, is that most of the people that would buy such a plant have neither the skill or patience to keep it alive; either overwatering it into cactii soup or never watering it until it dries entirely.

Is it one of the grafted ones? I.e. showy cactus on a stalk of green?

In any case — awesome!

By: Amie

Amie — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:15:32 +0000

I think my favourite part of the picture of Roger with the second cactus bloom is the shadows. They’re fanatastic on both his face and shirt. It really add something cool to the composition.

Speaking of cacti and flowers, our daughter had wanted one for a while so my husband bought her one that seemed to be blooming. We might not have known that the bloody flowers were glued on had we not gotten three spectacularly little spikey flowers on stalks like yours. Not nearly as tall or showy as yours. But definitely nothing like the dried flowers hot glued to the top. Why bother doing something like that to an actual flowering cactus?

::headdesk::

By: annbb/TSannie

annbb/TSannie — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:59:07 +0000

Darn! I was going to use that tomorrow! Just kidding, just kidding!
That last flower is really beautiful. What does the cactus flower (pink one)
look like head on?