cacti surprise

Cacti have beautiful flowers. I used to watch mine opening and the perfume filled the garden. By morning they had all withered.

What lovely story, Piersdad.....I can relate to it as well. My late sister-in-law "rescued" a massive cactus out of a neighbour's skip one morning and it sat and sulked on her window-sill for months until she began to think she too would give it the heave.....at which point it put on the most marvelous display of buds which then went on to open up and fill her whole flat with perfume. She was thrilled to bits of course. I know nothing about cacti ..but she died shortly after it finished flowering and when her flat was cleared out a week or so later ....the cactus had died too!!

Interesting story of your late sister-in-law, Alz...
Wonderful photography, Piersdad, and thanks sharing your visit to this pretty Cactus. :o)

Great blog. What a treat for the senses to be able to sit content watching it open and then take in the perfume :~))

What a beauty, lovely flower it produces its a flower arrangement on its own

Oh Wow - I've never seen such a large set of flowers on a cacti - i'm impressed!

What a beautiful Cacti, Well rescued!

Well caught, the stages of opening for the first flower - lovely in full flower too.

Amazing Piersdad...I never knew they opened that quickly!
I've always found with cacti that when you think they are on their last legs they suddenly surprise you with a shower of buds!
Thanks for showing us the pics...the bumble soon sniffed the fragrance out!!

my friend first realized that it was blooming when she wondered where the smell was coming from and when the second flower started she rang us up.
the pic with the bee in it will be one of my prize pics and have printed it out on some of my best paper for her.
she says the bumble bee has made many visits since.
the rest of her garden is nearly finished and looks already like a competition winner so that will be a future blog

What a lovely things to watch blooming.

WOW impressive a real showpiece of treasure thankyou for sharing .

Gorgeous!

This is Amazing :)

What great photos, PD! I used to grow a small cactus in Spain that produced 100s of flowers every spring that were later followed by bright red seed capsules. I don't remember if they had any scent. It was very, very easy to propagate, you just took one on the small growths & put it in another pot & hey presto another cactus ready to sprout many dozens more!

Wonderful Photographs and a lovely story. Thanks for posting !!