I live in south FL and these are a somewhat common landscape plant, but that was by far the most blooms I've ever seen at once on one! really stunning! whatever you are doing keep it up lol
Wow! Thanks a bunch for posting this time lapse. I have one of these but live in the midwest so I might never get mine to bloom. I'll live vicariously through you for now haha. Yours looks magnificent!
Thank you. I am glad we were able share that with you. I am also glad for the coffee The Boss makes to help me work the cameras through the whole process. LOL
Yes we did. They were delicious too! We have to stay on it every time though since the birds love these as well. If they get there first, they don't leave us any. LOL
Thanks for sharing this cool vid. I live in the mid north US, close to Canada. I recently inherited this kind of cacti from a dear friend of mine that recently passed, it actually was a cacti that my young son and I gave to her around 40 years back, at that time my young son and I just happen to be shopping at a K-Mart store, my young son seen the one foot high plant and begged me to buy it for him so he could give to our plant loving neighbor. Well, 40 years later the 5-foot-tall plant is now in front of my dining room windows, its just has a few straggly stalks with a few baby ones trying to grow. I'm thinking it needs to be re-potted, just not sure how to go about that.
I'm sorry to hear about your friend's passing. Thank you for sharing this. It's cool that you have this to remember her and the time your son got you to buy it. :) Having it in the pot is most likely what is keeping it at 5 feet. If you put it in a lrger pot it will most probably get bigger as the roots have more room. If it's a plastic pot I usually lay it on it's side and roll the pot back and forth putting slight pressure on it while supporting the top of the plant. The pot ususally slides off after that. I hope that works for you.
Wow! Are you giving it fertilizer? How did it manage to have SO many blooms? Mine finally started blooming this summer after I fed it some JADAM liquid fertilizer. But still, not as many as yours!!!
Actually, we don't do anything except make sure that anything with competing roots is not growing too close. The root system of this thing is gigantic and it's planted in loose soil. If you look at the base, the circumference of the original is quite large, larger than the parts that have regrown into what you see with the flowers.
They start blooming when it darkens after sundown so that by dawn they are completely open. As the sun comes up they start closing again and by noon they are closed up again.
We do eat the fruit, that is, when we can get ahead of the birds. LOL It's pretty sweet, with a texture that's almost like a cross between pears and watermelon if you can imagine it.
If most or all of those beautiful flowers turn into fruit, each of which contains hundreds of seeds, in some climates these cacti can turn into invasive pests because so many can germinate from all those seeds.
What a beautiful Peruvian apple cactus, wish my was that big.
It will get there one day. I am really amazed at how fast these things grow under ceratin conditions.
Stunningly gorgeous an super healthy!
Thank you.
The most amazing specimen I have ever seen!
Thank you.
Que hermosos y están trabajando las abejas 🇺🇾🌵
Vivo en los llanos de Colombia tengo uno bien florecido.
Damn that's a lot
man you have the BEST voice. you should do voice over on tv and films.
Thank you.
So BEAUTIFUL!
Thank you!
Thanks
Thanks for Sharing from Port Richey, Florida , mine just beared it's first fruit .
Very cool. Enjoy.
I live in south FL and these are a somewhat common landscape plant, but that was by far the most blooms I've ever seen at once on one! really stunning! whatever you are doing keep it up lol
thanks for sharing that i also have the same cactus but never had that many blooms. take care.
Olá, Falo do Brasil e, nunca tinha visto um cacto tão florido como esse e, de flores brancas. Um verdadeiro espetáculo da natureza. Parabéns 💐☘️🤗
Obrigado. :)
You are my new best friend. A wonderful job. Now I can't wait for our local flowers to bloom. I will keep my eyes open. Large fl
Thanks so much. 😊 Do not look at my latest video however, Hurricane Ian did a number on it.
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Wow! Thanks a bunch for posting this time lapse. I have one of these but live in the midwest so I might never get mine to bloom. I'll live vicariously through you for now haha. Yours looks magnificent!
Thank you. I am glad we were able share that with you. I am also glad for the coffee The Boss makes to help me work the cameras through the whole process. LOL
Wow! Stunning plant! 💚👍
God is so amazing as and awesome
Very Nice vidéo ⚘ have a Nice Day
que belleza, tengo una igual pero solo florece por las noches, al salir el sol cierra y cae ya no abre-
Give us an autobots roll out
ROFL You might get it.
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Beautiful!
Thank you.
Wow man!! Amazing blooms. Did you get any fruit from it?
Yes we did. They were delicious too! We have to stay on it every time though since the birds love these as well. If they get there first, they don't leave us any. LOL
Thanks for sharing this cool vid. I live in the mid north US, close to Canada. I recently inherited this kind of cacti from a dear friend of mine that recently passed, it actually was a cacti that my young son and I gave to her around 40 years back, at that time my young son and I just happen to be shopping at a K-Mart store, my young son seen the one foot high plant and begged me to buy it for him so he could give to our plant loving neighbor. Well, 40 years later the 5-foot-tall plant is now in front of my dining room windows, its just has a few straggly stalks with a few baby ones trying to grow. I'm thinking it needs to be re-potted, just not sure how to go about that.
I'm sorry to hear about your friend's passing. Thank you for sharing this. It's cool that you have this to remember her and the time your son got you to buy it. :) Having it in the pot is most likely what is keeping it at 5 feet. If you put it in a lrger pot it will most probably get bigger as the roots have more room. If it's a plastic pot I usually lay it on it's side and roll the pot back and forth putting slight pressure on it while supporting the top of the plant. The pot ususally slides off after that. I hope that works for you.
Wow! Are you giving it fertilizer? How did it manage to have SO many blooms? Mine finally started blooming this summer after I fed it some JADAM liquid fertilizer. But still, not as many as yours!!!
Actually, we don't do anything except make sure that anything with competing roots is not growing too close. The root system of this thing is gigantic and it's planted in loose soil. If you look at the base, the circumference of the original is quite large, larger than the parts that have regrown into what you see with the flowers.
@@bentsprockettech Thank you!
hiya! do they also open at night!? not sure why i thought these were night bloomers....?!
They start blooming when it darkens after sundown so that by dawn they are completely open. As the sun comes up they start closing again and by noon they are closed up again.
@@bentsprockettech Thank you so much! Did you see any moths pollinating them?
@@tamaracollin2681 I did not. There are very few moths in this area. We are near a canal and we tend to get more dragon flies than anything else.
Does it produce alot of fruit?
It does. We have a lot of bees in the area and when they are done doing their work, just about every flower on there bears fruit. It's amazing!
That is amazing! You probably could get a baggie fill of pollen!!! Do you eat the fruit?
We do eat the fruit, that is, when we can get ahead of the birds. LOL It's pretty sweet, with a texture that's almost like a cross between pears and watermelon if you can imagine it.
If most or all of those beautiful flowers turn into fruit, each of which contains hundreds of seeds, in some climates these cacti can turn into invasive pests because so many can germinate from all those seeds.
We collect all of the fruit since it is very tasty. At this time these are confined to just two spots in our yard. :)