Queen of the Night, Andes Organ Pipe, Hedge Cactus (Cereus hildmannianus)

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trois Santa Fe, TX(Zone 9b) Jul 27, 2006

Queen of the Night, Andes Organ Pipe, Hedge Cactus
Cereus hildmannianus

This is the bud a day before opening. A very large bud.

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music2keep Peterstown, WV(Zone 6a) Jul 27, 2006

trois! It is magnificent! I have never seen this before (there's lots that I haven't seen), but I'm curious to see the bloom...Please!

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Desertdenial5 Tolleson, AZ(Zone 9a) Jul 27, 2006

Please post a pitcure of an open bloom!!

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trois Santa Fe, TX(Zone 9b) Jul 27, 2006

OK. A couple of them.

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trois Santa Fe, TX(Zone 9b) Jul 27, 2006

Another.

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music2keep Peterstown, WV(Zone 6a) Jul 27, 2006

WOW! Absolutely Bee~uu~tee~ful!! Most Amazing!

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trois Santa Fe, TX(Zone 9b) Jul 27, 2006

And they are 5 or 6 inches across!

They are supposed to have very delicious apples. I will find out later, I think.

trois

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music2keep Peterstown, WV(Zone 6a) Jul 28, 2006

Let me know, I'm curious.

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rutholive Tonasket, WA(Zone 5a) Jul 28, 2006

beautiful bud trois, and blooms. Looks like it must be in the Epiphyllum family. I have three old epis, got them as starts from a friend in CA, many many years ago. Store them for the winter under bench in gh. Am thinking about ordering a couple of new different ones from Logees

Again love your bud photo.

Donna

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trois Santa Fe, TX(Zone 9b) Jul 28, 2006

Thanks, Donna. Cactus flowers always seem a cut above normal.

trois

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jul 11, 2008

trois,
These are wonderfully large flowers, I get up at dawn to have a look.
Except one thing...
This photo and these two other photos of yours on this page
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/119504/
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/119505/
are of Cereus hildmannianus instead.
The flower is too large and the wrong color to be Cereus repandus.
This is what the Cereus repandus flower looks like: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/43696/

Also, the spines are longer and there are deep notches on each areole on a Cereus repandus, yours do not have the notches. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/43696/
http://cactiguide.com/graphics/c_repandus_a_600.jpg

Would you like your three photos moved to the right page?
Here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/64592/

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trois Santa Fe, TX(Zone 9b) Jul 12, 2008

Go ahead.

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