Cactus Flower

Walked outside this morning and discovered this gigantic flower blooming on one of my cacti. I've had this particular cactus for 6-7 years and this is the first time it ever bloomed!!!

It was a beautiful flower but it only lasted a couple of hours. : (

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[Kittenarmy]

wow nice. epiphylium?? i liked your planted aquarium as well. i used to get my tank plants growing well. i was thinking of injecting CO2 next time i have a tank. is your CO2 system expensive???

[EdTheEdge]

No it is DIY using just a 2 litre juice bottle, yeast, sugar mixed with water and a air hose attached to a powerhead.

[Nakmuay1988]

Really beautiful! Is this the cactus that is sometimes used as a stock? I have one which was thrown into the garden and survived in a crack for several years. Now I've put it into a pot and I'm growing/propagating it again. I'd be stoked if it's capable of making a flower like that.

[ProudlyQatari]

It's dragon fruit cacti

[smurfboywv]

Nice dragon fruit flower!

[Juanpitahaya]

La mayoría de las flores de las Càctacea son comestibles y bien en sus efectos tienen como afrodisíacas, son una alternativa de ensalada. Sus valores alimenticios no tiene precedentes. Excelente vídeo : JFMP- OK.

[hebneh]

This is a Hylocereus undatus, the most common of the various climbing night-blooming cereus plants. Its fruits are called dragon fruit when they're sold commercially.

[ILOVELADYGAGAernest]

i want this



[sunstarsandmoonbeams]

i love cactuses !

[Atomicskull]

Judging by the stems it looks like a Hylocereus

[arpolwest1]

There is no doubt that you got a proper video camera, go to my cacti flowers entry and here in Perth W. Australia I've got 6 or seven flowers many times a year! If under a shade lasts a couple of days! Sorry my video is from a normal Sony digital camera so picture is not as clear! I made a Power Point with still pics I don't know how to put it in youtube!