Last night in the greenhouse...

'Queen of the Night' a night-flowering Cereus though not sure which one. The large (5"-6") flowers start to open late afternoon but are not in their prime until after dark. Then they're over by the morning.

📸 @morgrugyn

#Cacti #Cereus #Bloomscrolling

Here’s my watercolor & pen art of a Mexican Night-blooming Cereus at Tohono Chul (Tucson AZ). I was intrigued by its tall skinny stems & 1 wilted flower. It’s also known as Snake Cactus (with the fittingly scientific name of Peniocereus serpentinus). Read more about cacti & succulents on my latest blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/cacti-and-succulents

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #Tucson #biodiversity #environment #outdoors #cactus #Cereus #succulent

In today’s blog post I shared my process for creating this art of a Trichocereus and discussed episodic vs. serial storytelling as seen through the lens of Star Trek!

https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/trichocereus-painted-with-my-teeny

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #Substack #blog #blogging #Tucson #environment #ecosystem #ecology #nature #outdoors #cactus #cereus #StarTrek

In the neighborhood: Cereus hexagonus (Lady of the Night) Flower, Los Angeles, California

http://welchwrite.com/agn/2023/08/30/in-the-neighborhood-cereus-hexagonus-lady-of-the-night-flower-los-angeles-california-photography/

https://pixelfed.social/i/web/post/602562026561020529

#Cereushexagonus #cereus #cactus #succulents #flowers #bloomscrolling #losangeles #california #flowers #nature #outdoors #plants #photography #garden #gardening #intheneighborhood #ladyofthenight

Are there #cactus and #succulents #identification groups on here yet?

i think i have identified this here as #Cereus repandus -
the Peruvian apple cactus,

plant growing in #Silole #kenya
- but it could be good to have such a group here.

@plants
#botany #plantScience

My two Cereus repandus 'Kiwi Sunrise' plants recently had 6 blooms.

I pollinated two blooms from another cultivar, selfed the other 4.

All 4 self-pollinated blooms dropped off; 1 of the 2 cross pollinated blooms dropped. Very small sample size, but so far no evidence that KS can self pollinate.

I'll keep tracking. This is a promising fruit species, & I want to be able to tell people which cvrs are self pollinating (you only need a single plant to get fruit). #cactus #Cereus #kadushi