These Queen of the Night cactus draw me in with their beauty. Twenty years ago neighbors dug this cactus up at my house and planted them in their yard. I switched from a front yard cactus garden to one having flowering shrubs. It had become too difficult and dare I say, painful, for me to weed the cactus garden. Yes, the cactus stabbed me! My flowering shrubs need little water and are mostly natives, like California Fuchsia and Native Penstemon. Meanwhile the Queen of the Night is thriving at the neighbors' home.
These beauties open up fully in early evening so I could take these photos. I think they are pollinated by bees and moths and bats. The flowers are six inches across.
Absolutely beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI had forgotten how lovely cactus blossoms can be.
ReplyDeleteOh how absolutely gorgeous, Terra! Thank you so much for sharing. ~Andrea xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteGorgeous flowers!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful. It's ironic that cacti have the most beautiful flowers.
ReplyDeleteMy dear friend of over 75 years lives in Tucson, and she has such a lovely cactus garden. Lovely photos.
ReplyDeleteOh that is pretty!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Terra!
ReplyDeleteWow, they're beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe Queen of the Night Cactus is stunning. Nice that it thrives in spite of having been moved to a new location.
ReplyDeleteThese are really wonderful flowers on this cactus with the good name Queen of the night.
ReplyDeleteIts such a good friendship between neighbours to give this plant a good home. I'm shure, that your bushes are also very nice. Not everyone can look after a cactus perfect, so it is better to give this lovely dragon to the right peple.
I'm glad you can still enjoy them without getting stabbed. They are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThe cactus is lovely! I always enjoy flowers and plants in my neighbors yards knowing I don't have to take care of them, lol. This is a beauty!
ReplyDeleteCacti usually have beautiful flowers, yours, it's lovely.
ReplyDeleteThat is the most beautiful flowering cactus I have ever seen.
ReplyDeleteThey are lovely. My sister in law had to relearn gardening when she moved to AZ from NY. She has become an expert at cactus gardening. I bet she has one of these in her yard.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blooms and lovely photo of the cactus garden.
ReplyDeleteThat is such a beautiful cactus. I can see why your neighbors were happy to have it. It was very generous of you to let them have it.
ReplyDeleteBlessings and hugs,
Betsy
I love these! I'm like you, though. I admire them but I don't have any of my own. My Sherry has quite a collection of both succulents and house plants. I do good to keep simple things alive here in Texas!
ReplyDeleteThat's beautiful, like a bun on a women's head.
ReplyDeleteWow those are awesome. My mom use to grow cacti in her greenhouse and they were always fascinating to see. Love the blooms on these.
ReplyDeleteThe cactus does looks lovely when in bloom but I can well imagine it being difficult to weed a cactus garden...!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful!! I grew cacti growing up, got rid of them when I had kids ... one of the boys fell off his tricycle into the cacti patch, wow, what a time pulling the spikes out of his little arm! Be blessed, Terra!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful I love cacti. But here in the Netherlands we haven't cacti in the gardens. Amazing flowers. Thank for sharing.
ReplyDeletei have read about these flowering cacti, they are really beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteDear Terra, having lived in the Midwest all my life, I've seen only a few cacti plants . . . and never this one. How lovely. Thank you for sharing. And your story just illustrates for me how we adjust as we age and embrace new things and new ways. Admirable! Peace.
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful!
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