Tropicals & Tender Perennials: The Epis Are Here, The Epis Are Here!! 2005, 1 by salvia_lover

salvia_lover wrote:
Well, here's an updated pic of my largest Epi buds. Now I'm convinced this is indeed NOT E. oxipetalum. :-( The bud is about to open on the largest one and it isn't anywhere near long enough to be the one I used to have. The bud on my old plant grew to nearly two feet....growing first upwards, then arching downwards and finally the tip of the bud "stem" arched upwards again days before opening.....and the flower opened with a slight upwards tilt and was about 8 inches across and had a lovely scent. It opened in mid-July at around midnight and lasted until morning. Classic E. oxipetalum scenario as far as all the literature I've read on it is concerned. So this one that I have now, seeing as it's about to bloom in April and the bud growth habit isn't anywhere similar to what I expected....I just don't think it's E. oxipetalum. I'm sure it will be lovely. And I will adore it. But I'm pretty disappointed seeing as I was so happy to have finally (after a decade of searching) found a replacement for my old plant that I loved so much.

Also, the buds I was so happy about on my rikrak cactus turned out to just be baby stems afterall. Drat! Oh well.....

In any case, here's the updated photo of my largest buds on my Epi. :-)

-Julie