David Winningham
October 10th, 2011 @ 12:01
Posted by: John
at Texas Native outside of Kerrville has a better looking night blooming Cereus than ours. Damn, I have to do something. I took this photo for reference and interrogated him about his methods and am going to put Granddad’s plant in training. Below is a slideshow of his place. Notice the night bloomer with the reddish leaves, we saw that one, too. What’s up with the very cool reddish leaves? I thought Charlie and Susan, co-members of the secret Whipple Epiphyllum Society, would be particularly interested.
October 11th, 2011 01:33
A friend gave me a Euphorbia about 6 inches long from a huge 8 foot tree he had in his garage. I did not think much of it at the time but when I saw it grow in the living room I have developed a totally new respect for it and also reports from the twenty some odd recipients I had given a small stick to.
October 11th, 2011 09:38
John, it is hard to tell from the photo, but it looks like it may be a different variety than yours. There is one that has somewhat smaller flowers, but blooms much more prolifically. Susan says the reddish leaves may be due to the weather.
A number of years ago we got cuttings for several varieties of day bloomers. They have spectacular flowers. Some neon red. Some orange. Unlike the night bloomers, the flowers may stay open for several days. The downside is they seldom bloom.
The Herb Market show is going to be at Pearl Brewery this Saturday. This is one of the best plant markets of the year in San Antonio. In addition to the plants there are loads of home made baked goods for sale as well as the regular farmers market. We are going to have several varieties of ginger, citrus, root bear plant and various odds and ends.