 This morning I received a phone call from my sister to say that she needed me and my Camera.
She has had a Cactus for 20 odd years…it doesn’t flower every year but has had individual flowers which last about 24 hours…
This year 8 flowers have blossomed on the same night and she needed me and my camera to get a photo of it and being a lightly overcast day the lighting was in favour of getting good photos.
After I had taken the photos she told me I could blog them if I liked because the flowers are so beautiful they should be shared.
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December 9th, 2007 at 1:24 am
Please thank your sister for sharing these blooms, Annie. They are beautiful–a joy to see this rare thing.
December 9th, 2007 at 2:45 am
I remember the first time my cactus bloomed! I was amazed it was so pretty. This one shines with all the blooms. Thanks for the picture.
December 9th, 2007 at 3:30 am
Oh, Annie, those are gorgeous! Thank you and your sister for sharing. I’ve never seen a cactus with a bloom quite like that, and 8 at once!
December 9th, 2007 at 9:30 am
Whoa… talk about gorgeous… sometimes you just can’t beat Mother Nature, can you? Tell you sister thanks!
December 13th, 2007 at 12:36 am
Hello Annie, those Catus flowers are incredible beautiful. Isn’t mother nature wonderful. Thank you soooo much for posting those lovely flowers for us all to see. Hugs Judy
December 15th, 2007 at 4:41 am
I inherited a Christmas Cactus from my Late Mother who in turn inherited it from my Late Grandma – we think it was not far off 50yrs (truly!) and it hadn’t flowered for years until we tried to “get rid of it” by putting it outside – ever since, each year it flowered! marvellous wonderful floral displays! sadly it died a year or sew after I lost my Mum but I always remember that good “old” plant and its flowers!
LOVE your photo’s btw, the close up on the stitches in PARTICULAR! very inspiring too!! Sue
December 26th, 2007 at 2:20 am
[…] But the posting that caused me to write her and get permission (which was graciously granted) to reprint this photo, is possibly the neatest photo I have seen in a long time. I want you to look at it and really think about it, because these flowers only bloom once a year, and even then, only for 24 hours. Is that intriguing or what? They explode into these beautiful blooms, live their lives for just one day, and then retreat until another year comes around. I just think that is amazing. Take a look at her blog posting about this amazing plant. […]