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Cactus Finally Blooms
Posted by john on 09 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Gardening
Our cactus that we have had for 6 years finally bloomed this year, but just for one day, actually just a few hours. The cactus stands 8’-8” and the bloom bud appeared around the time of the county fair in mid July. When it opened on sometime during the night of August 7th/8th, the bloom stem was about 6” long and the bloom 8” across. I had to stand on a ladder to get pictures. The bloom closed by 9:00am that morning never to open again.
We never dreamed that the bloom for as large as it is would only be open for a few hours. Because of its height, the cactus is moved to the doorway at Prairieland Quilts in the winter as it is the only place tall enough we have with southern window exposure.