Orchid Cactus 'Padre'

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Clare_CA Ventura, United States(Zone 10b) May 21, 2005

Orchid Cactus 'Padre'
Epiphyllum

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hanna1 Castro Valley, CA(Zone 9a) May 22, 2005

So so beautiful!!! Annie

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Clare_CA Ventura, United States(Zone 10b) May 22, 2005

Thanks, Annie. It gets darker as it ages.

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hanna1 Castro Valley, CA(Zone 9a) May 23, 2005

All I can say is WOW!!!! I wish mine would bloom, lol, the only one right now is my Spring Cactus, and other regular Cactus,Annie

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Clare_CA Ventura, United States(Zone 10b) May 23, 2005

Annie, try some Schultz Bloombuilder or any Bloombooster formula. I think that helped me this year:-)

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hanna1 Castro Valley, CA(Zone 9a) May 24, 2005

After what I've been reading on your other post I will now for sure!! Annie

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AresDraco San Francisco, CA(Zone 10a) Dec 23, 2010

I know it's been about six years since you posted the photo, but WOW! I have a small cutting of Padre myself... I have high hopes for it. How is your plant today? Any new pix?

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Dec 23, 2010

I bought a cutting of "Arturo" from a nice man on ebay b/c that is my father's name. The man was so nice, he sent me a cutting of "Padre" as a freebie. Now I have Arturo and Padre growing together happily in the same pot. It may be 1-2 more years b4 I see blooms. Thank's OK. I can wait.

Chare if you should happen to see this, pls do tell us about your plant, how often it blooms, etc. I have made a note of using bloom booster on my epis. I didn't know about that tip.

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Clare_CA Ventura, United States(Zone 10b) May 18, 2011

Hi AresDraco and Nery, I didn't see this until now. Sorry for the delay! My opinion of Bloombooster fertilizer has changed. I now believe that the Bloombooster formulas are bad because of the high amount of phosphorous, which can end up being deadly to plants. It is actually potassium which helps blooms. In fact, I've seen people recommend putting banana peels on their epi's for added potassium to help blooming. I just use a fertilizer which has even numbers now like 10-10-10. Other people have had great success with a regular fertilizer regimen and some fish emulsion from time to time.

My 'Padre' is a great bloomer and blooms regularly this time of year only for about a month of the year. I have 'Padre' cuttings stuffed into nearly all my mixed colored epi pots. I don't have any recent pictures of 'Padre,' but this one is from 2008.

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) May 19, 2011

sadly, my Arturo and my Padre did not survive my neglect last winter. I would like to get replacements, but kinda low on my list. I will say, however, that epis, all kinds, are turning out to be fantastic plant material for hanging baskets located in areas not as near to my water hose. Very tough and beautiful plants

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