CACTUS FLOWERS 2010

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:03 am

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:17 am

Very nice cactus flowers!
That whole front desert-themed bed looks great. --Erik

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:54 am

Jim
Great looking bed. The parviflora spike is sooooo nice.
Agaves and palms, yuccas and nanas have really responded to the heat.

Looks like your neighbors gave up trying to garden...can't compete with you.
Imagine if they did what you do...the whole street!

That tall skinny cactus in a pot looks a bit like one I have.
Will take a pic and post it here. maybe you can ID.

Hey, your "how'd that get in here" pic is a great idea for some fun.
I'm guessing it's NOT Iowa

Colorado? Alaska?

Barb

For the life of me, can't remember this cactus name:
It doesn't resemble yours after all on closer inspection.

ROBRETI · Post by **ROBRETI** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:22 pm

Hi Jim,

Thanks for posting the pics. When in bloom, cactuses put on their best ball dresses and celebrate life with an unbeleivable beauty!!!!!! I still remember the thrill I felt when I saw my first cactus in bloom (Rebutia sp., I think not wonterhardy).

Quick question:

- the broader leaved, bvariegated yucca behind the Y filamentosa, is it Y. gloriosa? I like it a lot.
- Also, the red flower, does it belomng to a Hesperaloe?

Thanks,
Rob

ROBRETI · Post by **ROBRETI** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:27 pm

Hi Barb,

re your picture: isn't it rather an Euphorbia sp.?

Also, your plam baby is very sharp....

Rob

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 11:11 am

Barb
The column cactus(which is what it is sometimes referred to)is Cereus peruvianus.

My guess is (yours is) some form of Euphorbia lactea.

Robreti
There is a Y.gloriosa across from Y.Rostrata and behind the Y.filamentosa 'colorguard'

The large red bloom-stalk is from H.parvaflora

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 11:55 am

brain fart...yup, euphorbia.
Thanks!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:21 pm

Jim, always a treat to see pics of your cactus garden.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:59 am

Thanks Aaron

One more to go after this E.trig

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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:44 pm

Jim,
that is a beauty!

...and to the left, folks, is the only palm Jim hasn't saved by cutting it down to green wood.

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 4:39 pm

Looks like that trunk is taking on some petrifying qualities near those hot cacti, might be time to call the Smithsonian

Bill

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:12 am

That used to be the biggest Yew I ever saw,probably 15' h x 15' w

Josef · Post by **Josef** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:16 pm

Hi Jim
Nice pics.Here is few from Czech

Regards
Josef

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:24 am

Nice Josef,I missed these when you posted them.