Random Rants and Prickly Plants

and a cactus plant at that... although, it is one of my old faves... and by checking my stats... I can also see that it's one of the mos...

Well, Hildy has up and done her thing again... looks like she'll be doing it tomorrow and the next day too... This pic was taken with a ...

Well, Hildy, my Cereus hildmannianus, (aka Peruvian Apple, or one of the dozen or so plants called Night Blooming Cereus or Queen of the Nig...

The Cereus hildmannianus has bloomed again tonight... Just thought I'd show it off a little...

First, just so I won't be accused of Prickly Pear abuse, I would like to point out that the neglected Optunia humifusa from the previous...

Haven't had a huge amount to blog about lately. Guess the doldrums are just pressing in... But Hildy, (cereus hildemannianus) finally ca...

My Cereus hildmannianus (aka known as Queen of the Night, but so are a couple of dozen other cactus, so I tend to just call the thing Hildy)...

And this is the first bloom for this plant this year. When I went outside at 11 pm, there was no sign of the bloom actually opening, so I w...

Actually, I didn't go anywhere. Just really had nothing much to say... And that's not entirely honest. I have, for the past week, be...

Well, it's 6:05 a.m. and I just took another pic of the 2nd nights bloom... The best pics I've taken of this plant blooming are abou...

well, C. hildmannianus did bloom last night, this pic was taken about 6;15 am. The other bud shows every sign of opening tonight, and I...

well, I was looking forward to a nice long relaxing weekend... but that didn't work out. Friday night, a friend of the family was rushe...

Well, I have good news... My Cereus hildmannianus, which has had a very traumatic summer, has decided to put out a couple of blooms! I had t...

Well, a few posts back I was talking about how this plant fell over and got beheaded, I thought I'd give a little update... as you can s...

This is my Cereus Hildmannianus ... one of the about 2 dozen cactus species referred to as Queen of the Night, sometimes called Peruvian A...