Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) flowers, time-lapse

Time-lapse video showing a flowering peyote (Lophophora williamsii) cactus.

The photos were shot at intervals of 15 seconds during a period of 160 minutes. The pictures are played back at a rate of 10 frames per second, i.e. the flowering is speed up by a factor of 150 resulting in a video running for 64 seconds. Unfortunately I forgot to disable autofocus which gives the video a shaky appearance as the camera continuously changes focus slightly.

More information relating to this video can be found at http://lophophora.blogspot.com/2008/05/time-lapse-video-of-flowering_04.html (The Lophophora Blog)

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Peyote
• Lophophora
• Cactus
• Cacti
• Flowers
• Flowering

[Kaktus8551]

great film - please visit turbinicarpus.de

[PTMKWarszawa]

much of nitrogen

[Bigbilio555]

Flowers are edible, No effect though

[bwlfp]

Great job, wish I had one of these cactus.

[LophophoraBlog]

Usually Lophophora williamsii seedlings flower in their third or fourth year. This specimen is grafted on a sturdy Trichocereus pachanoi stock and flowered for the first time early in its second year from seed. It flowers freely from early May through September.