well mine was just a lil leaf that a good friend gifted to me :o) now she has a second leaf... getting ready to pot her up to a bigger pot this weekend :o0 but really, she's just 2 lil leafs in a 4 " pot right now...so I am sure I'll have to wait years! lol!
She's about to..... #10
Anjl, they like to be root bound, do not repot!!!!! Clem
http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/july/papr/nbcereus.html
Is this what your talking about?
Linda kay
If so, it is soooo pretty.
Yeap Linda! Better than a brug, I still have to experience that for myself, Clemen
So how many nights you gonna camp out with your camera, to catch that one and only bloom?
Linda Kay
Linda Kay, your pic is of the san pedro cactus which confusingly is also called night blooming cereus. Clem has the epi night blooming cereus, I do have both, but they are too young to bloom. Unfortunately there are many plants that are called night blooming cereus which confuse the matter, and the cactus and the epi have similar looking flowers.
Louise, which one do you have, mine i know, the bud will be about 12 inches long, according to my friend that gave me the cuttings! I have tons of epi's too!
Linda, I will be awake when she opens, believe me, according to Asian custom's which i do not have any, when you see the flower open, it brings you lots of luck and fortune! Clem
hmmm, how do I tell which night blooming cerus I have?
I have both, the epi night blooming cereus and the san pedro cactus which also blooms with a large white flower at night and only the flower resembles epi . My epi I got just this year from a DGer and it is still growing. I only have about 8 different epi types right now which includes my rick rack cactus collection all very young and received as cuttings this year.
If the leaves are flat and epi like you have the e oxypetallum or s grandiflorus, you can look in plant files and compare plant growth. The cactus is a columnar cactus that has huge white flowers like the epi night bloomer, comonly known as the san pedro cactus, but there are several types of them too. You can't miss the san pedro, it looks like a typical tall growing cactus and is very spiney although mine has small spines. My epi is spineless and has long flat leaves with the occasional long thin stems holding the flat leaves.
here is a nice link of the epi type of what is commonly called night blooming cereus.
http://web.missouri.edu/~riceg/epiphyllum/photos/photos4.htm
here is a good look at the cactus. notice the flowers which look like the epi and smell good as well.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/65430/
well mine would be the epi type then... its definitely not a cactus!
Hi Hotties! Greetings from Columbia, SC! We put over 1,000 miles on the honda in two days. No trouble, rain 25 miles before we hit Columbia. Didn't have time to catch up on the thread, hope everyone is doing fine..
Hi Aunt B!
Ladies, don't worry about what you have, be happy that they bloom! Clemen
HI BONNIE!!!!... so glad you are not having any trouble and are having fair skys!! You are being missed..
Loiuise.. ty for the info...I think I have both and didn't know what either was!!
Pretty pics Clemie... and Jan!!
Bonnie, I hope you are having a wonderful time road tripping!
Good morning everyone. I get to actuaslly stay in the office this morning, so I can breathe for a bit! Busy time here right now.
I have a couple of the night blooming cereus too, but too young to bloom. Actually 3 I guess. Two were trades and one I bought. Can't wait for blooms.
I'm still fighting grasshoppers. I sprayed the brugs so they moved to my roses!!!! GRRRRRR
Hope everyone has a nice day today. See you all later, Hi Beckie!
Clemen
I have 2 cereus leaves growing in styerofoam (sp) cups! They are tall cups. I intend to repot them this fall, do I need to pot them in a small pot? I got them in May, I think. They just keep getting longer and longer!!
Hey Hotties!!! Waving hello from work : ) My night bloomer is the epi type...AuntB I know you are having a ball!! uh oh ttyl....
Afternoon, all Hotties!
Bonnie, I swear, when you said putting the miles on the Honda, I could just see you in biker leather, riding on the back of a souped-up bike. Where is my mind these days???
The weatherman lied and said it was going to rain today. It was cloudy this morning when I worked but then the sun came out and that was the end of that.
Clem, my dear, you are just a nightowl and so are your plants :))) Mama Brug is so pretty.
Moodeen and Linda Kay, are either of you going to one of the Texas RUs? Beck and I are working on our hotel arrangements now for Arlington. Any other hotties want to come? I don't which I am more excited about, the cooler October weather or actually getting to go "out-of-town" Nuh, I'm kidding! I'm most excited about meeting Beck and some other DGers I know from other forums.. :))
Joyce, you are a tease! What is a brug island?? Have you figured out a better way to grow brugs for us?
Got to go water.. poor weatherman, he just can't stop lying. Peg
Peg... ohhh you are sooo bad!! ..lol... I love it... I want a pic BONNIE of all that leather! I talked to my cousin last night and she is all excited to make the drive with me.. I haven't asked if it will be ok to bring an "outsider" but i am sure there will be no objections.. You know I want to meet you BAD...LOL.. I haven't made the reservation on the motel...so if anyone wants to bunk in LMK.I am going to try and get beside Peg.. whether she likes it or not..hehe I am excited .. as my cousin puts it.. to have a girls night out..lol NOW... before ya'll start letting your minds go somewhere it shouldn't... lol my night out would be NO HUBBY.. my cigs and sweet tea!! Oh yeah.. don't you know... I know how to par--ty??? rotf...
Hello Kim the exotic.. waving both hands here~~^_^
Clemie.. no more blooms to share?? You have soo many beauties..
I have been working today with a friends camera that she wants to sell. I "think" I am getting the hang of it..but it doesn't have a cord to hook it up to the puter... back to square one.. but DH... get this!! Said "welll ...I'd rather buy one that get one 2nd hand"... YAY!! Do I know how to work him or what??? hehehehehehe
cat.. I have something eating the leaves on only 1 brug.. and they look like swiss cheese.I did say an obit over 1 worm I found on it!!
Hi hotties, my lovely daughter 17 just got home form the NYC, internship, at 8:30 P.M, I am so proud of her!!!!! She is getting no pay for this but I hope when she applies for college it will count. Anyway, Hi guys again amd Bekie and Meg, miss you guys, wish i could talk forever, but can't. So you want more brugiie pics, lets see what I can dig, Have a nice night everyone, By the way, I am trying to change my screen name through administration, so you might see a change on me, lol, maybe I lost 50 pounds, Oh boy I wiish! Clemen
Haha Clemen, I wish I lost 50 pounds! Audrey, I would pot them together in a slightly bigger pot. Don't make it too big too soon. You might get rot. Went shopping today for the stuff for the new grooming shop yay! Someone mentioned good luck with your bubbles and bows shop and I am stealing that for the name lol. I did pick out pets in style, but bubbles and bows has really stuck. So whoever said that thanks!!! I love it! I think we are ready to start plumbing now!
Hey Louise, I have not lost the pounds yet, waiting for the new screen name, then I'll see how gorgeous I will look, lol, Clemen
lol Clemen, cannot wait to see your new hottie name!
Well, not the hottie name the pounds off, the name will be simple so that I do not have to sign it everytime! Clemen, figure it out yet????
Haha, good girl! I went out and watered and my gosh my yard is a jungle! The brug babies are giants and make it look like a tropical forest.
When is this Texas RU??? Cuz it depends on when and where since I am having one on October 25th here at my house...for the first time ever..to top it all off..my son decides to renovate the house while he is on leave from the Army...lol..gonna be a mess and fun here..I am having a bonfire and catered food!! I am in the middle of doing 15 High school drill team uniforms..They approved the final outfit this morning and I had to go to Houston to round up the fabric and stuff..I will post a group pic of them to show ya'll what I have done....sheeze...I been doing the uniforms for the last 10 years..for them girls...LOL
Hi Nadine, any news with my brugs??? still waiting for them lol, can'ta wait to see them! Clem
That is so awesome you do their uniforms every year! Post a pic!
lol clem...they told me I only lost 2 lbs :o(
cause I only lost 2 letters :o( ...
lol!
DH removed all the morrays from our front yard bed today! yippee!
okay, I was going to put some brugs there, but also planting iris and JM...which dont need as much water ... should I just keep brugs in pots instead?
Louise... I think it was me that mentioned the bubbles and bows.. so I am honored that you would name your shop after that..LOL BUT I can't take all the credit.. there is a shop here in town with that name and I always thought it was cute!
Clemie.. I think you need to have the screen name Clemie..LOL You are sooo cute.. that fits!!
Nadine... Tyler RU is Oct. 11th, and Arlington RU is the 18th... when are you having a RU? There are threads up for both on the TX forum..
yes especially with a japanese maple? they are kind of picky
well becky I am stealing it. Very cute and have not seen that one around at all.
thanks lavender... think I'll keep them (brugs) in pots for this year.
maybe when your jmaple gets very established they might co exist in the ground. depends on the jmaple you pick too.
Morning Hotties,
I’ve been absent for a while but have tried to catch up with the reading. My dad landed in the hospital in Providence, Mom is in the northeast corner of the state and I am in the southwest corner so I’ve been spending lots of time in the car. Thankfully RI is a little tiny state, but it still takes a few hours round trip. Dad is doing well, looks like a slight stroke, he is up and around but they’re keeping him a while longer. The corner gas station is going to love me I’ll be over $200. by the end of the weekend. I can’t even look at the links you hotties put up for the night bloomers; I can’t get another addiction now.
Sounds like everybody’s doing okay and the babies are well. Clemie, can’t wait to see your new name. AuntB, glad you made it SC okay, if you drive up the coast you’ll find Kim then Clem then me. I know it’s a heck of a ride but we’re worth it (hee hee). Took a vaca day today, but vroom, vroom gotta bust a move and get driven. Keep the burg love coming.
Got a reprieve from the driving, waiting for a possible discharge today. So I get to stay home for a couple of hours.
Here is Miss crinkles (Jerads joy) with some new growth. Looks like she is straitening out. Yes?
