Starfish Cactus, Toad Cactus (Orbea variegata)

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Happenstance Northern California, CA Sep 19, 2003

Common name: Starfish Cactus, Toad Cactus
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Genus: Orbea
Species variegata

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/52942/

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_luckyducky1956 Camas, WA Sep 21, 2003

how do you make this cactus bloom?

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Happenstance Northern California, CA Sep 22, 2003

Needs to get cool in the winter months.

Needs LOTS of bright summen light/sun. (This was moved out of the greenhouse in June and slowly acclimated to full sun)

Needs food, I use diluted fish emulsion.

And then its a real case of luck too. :-)

There are several blooms that I am watching carefully....should be a go in a couple of days.

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Happenstance Northern California, CA Sep 25, 2003

Progress on 9/23 as the bud swells in size

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Happenstance Northern California, CA Sep 25, 2003

First peek at the opening bud. Our cool weather of the last few days has slowed down the progress of these buds.

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_luckyducky1956 Camas, WA Oct 25, 2003

thanks for your reply, i'm new to this forum and i'm not quite sure how it works. =o)
sincerely ducky

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Happenstance Northern California, CA Oct 25, 2003

Morning luckyducky1956 -

I'm fairly new to DG also and I know what you mean about losing your way. :-)

One way to check back on threads of interest to you is to go to the top of the page and click on Watch This Thread. That way when a new response is posted it will appear on your personal DG Home Page when you log onto Dave's Garden. You can set up your "Preferences" and "Member Page" by clicking on the links toward the top of the righthand sidebar on each page of DG.

Here's an image of that flower in question fully open:

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