Bloom of the day.

[cactuswatcher]

Cacti can be tricky critters. When I took the pictures for yesterday, I walked around looking at the others with buds and decided this one was not going to bloom for a day or two. A few hours later working in the yard I checked again and it was blooming. This one is a cousin of those yesterday. As you can see the flower is very similar. The plant however looks quite different, many fewer ribs, no tangle of spines and debris. For me that means I had to put it in a shadier spot. For the plant it means its flower can open wider.


Stenocactus Coptonogonus

Comments

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

It it truly is a cactus, I might say yes. But from the leafy description it's probably some other kind of succulent, and chances are it will have a hard time surviving. A picture might help.

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

The spots sound like you may have mealy bugs in the pot. With a Christmas cacti you probably don't have much choice, but to use systemic pesticide or pitch it, because there is too much foliage to protect otherwise. I can't swear it will recover in any case.