The last few days of cool days have slowed down the bloom cycle I fear . There are some 150 + blossoms near bursting and I have to go somewhere and fear I will miss the big night-morning . I have had a few blooms internitently over the last few weeks but this promises to be a massive show and I am likely to miss it . Lasy year I had 70 plus blooms in one night and this is going to dwarf that .
That is tough! Too bad you can't postpone your trip, or set up cameras to record the whole event...
Oh well , a few trichocereus and other pics to entertain you .
A few more around the garden .
I can still hardly get over how gorgeous your place is, and how awesome the whole thing is - the plants, the animals, the owls...
Well Jackie , there is always next year , target 200 blossoms plus . My giant is now at this point is 11 plus feet in one direction and 6 to 7 feet across and growing . I still have a lot of others in different stages of bloom cycles . Lots of others that have'nt even started bloom cycles yet . Queen of the night are usually june , San Pedro mid - late summer . When you coming down to see it again ? Are the tree seedlings coming along ?
P.S.
Tucson Audubon was here Tuesday doing a bird count , the University of Pennsylvania is coming to do do vulture trapping/study supposedly first of June , so there are things going on .
This message was edited Apr 18, 2013 9:42 PM
Beautiful, Doug!
Awesome Doug!
TONIGHT , TONIGHT ,
Won't be just any night .
Tonight there be so many flowers ...............
Yep , you might guess, TONIGHT there WILL be a MASS profusion of blossoms.
Well a few more pics , these next ones dedicated to Tristan . Tristan , this ought to excite you . I planted HUNDREDS of ocotillos , so many that they are now taking on the form of a living fence . Some leaves and blossoms are already forming on it . Fence is 60 feet long .
Nursery and potting areas.
The miserly Argentine giant only gave me 5 blossoms last night , that will change tonight .
Also some of the harrisia's went off last night .
My hallway of columnars is taking shape.
Strolling around the garden .
Where's the pond in all the amazing beauty?
Something over 110 blossoms are opening now , I WILL be up at dawn to have pics of this at thier full glory . Then I gotta bogey for the rest of the day . there is still going to be at least 50 more likely tommorrow (saturday night) . I'l try to get back for that as well . There are still a quanity of small undeveloped buds that are likely to straggle in over the next few weeks but this mass blooming occurs but once a season .
Beautiful!
6:30 or so A.M. April 20th. There was something in excess of 110 blossoms this night/morning.
This message was edited Apr 21, 2013 8:32 PM
10:30 A.M April 21st . One can see some of the preceeeding night/days blossoms mixed with the new ones .
I lied there was WELL over 50 blossoms the second big night , we counted 134 but could have been off by a couple .
What count do you all get ?
This message was edited Apr 21, 2013 8:34 PM
This evening it appeared like some 18 more were going to open but they look kind of sad mixed among all the depleted ones .
Amazing.....
Fantastic Doug!
Love the fence too!! = )
are there any insects attracted to them at night bloom?
I'll bet one of their pollinators are bats, and another being the Sphinx Moth. Am I right, oh knowledgeable one?
