Blooming Cactus
by Robert Bales
Title
Blooming Cactus
Artist
Robert Bales
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Photograph - Photo
Description
The Argentine Giant (aka Easter Lily Cactus) is known for its sprawling stems that originate from a central point. But its better known for the giant flowers, measuring up to 8 inches across, that it gets: Unfortunately, these flowers only last about 1 day, opening at night. If the weather is hot, as it was the day I shot the above photo, they start to wilt by mid-morning. And the one-day duration really worked against me. With a new baby at the house I was not able to get out in time to take a photo while the morning light was nice, leaving me with the harshly lit snapshot above.
A columnar cactus with each stem fast growing up to 4 inches wide, 3 feet tall, and clumping 6 - 7 feet wide. Most books say that they only clump to about 3 feet but as you can see from the top photo, the plants can spread to about 7 feet.
It's fragrant blooms normally open at night and persist until early morning. The bright white petals and yellow centers attract night pollinators such as, moths and bats.
While it is said to be a nocturnal blooming cactus with the flowers closing at early morning. On cool, cloudy days in Arizona; the flowers continue blooming during the day.
A columnar cactus with each stem fast growing up to 4 inches wide, 3 feet tall, and clumping 6 - 7 feet wide. Most books say that they only clump to about 3 feet but , the plants can spread to about 7 feet.
It's fragrant blooms normally open at night and persist until early morning. The bright white petals and yellow centers attract night pollinators such as, moths and bats.
While it is said to be a nocturnal blooming cactus with the flowers closing at early morning. On cool, cloudy days in Arizona; the flowers continue blooming during the day.
Echinopsis candicans is low water use, but that does not mean it requires no water. It prefers deep infrequent irrigation and well-draining soil.
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March 19th, 2014
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Marvin Blaine
In love with theses colors and subjects Robert! Love all the details, light and textures! F!
Robert Bales replied:
thanks so much, for the visit, comments and the Fav!! Waiting for them to bloom again!!
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p Would love to se you participated in the group
Donna Kennedy
Fantastic lighting on this beautiful image Robert, Congratulations on your Sale!...L/F/T
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks so much Donna for the congrats and the nice comment along with the LFT!!
Optical Playground By MP Ray
Love the side lighting here,Robert. Bring out the great texture of the bricks and cactus needles. l/f
Richard Thomas
Wonderful capture, Robert! The macho, bristly, deserts-don't-bother-me plant goes soft and delicate for one night only... F&V