A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2006 Blooming Echinopsis

Today I was surprised, While outside I noticed something different in my kitchen window...I hurried indoors to get a closer look and this is what I found: cactus/Echinpopsis2.jpg" alt="[Linked Image]" class="post-image" style="height:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;"/>

My Echinopsis Multiplex(?) Was blooming for the first time and I almost missed it. Here's a close up the flower:
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Wow!! Beautiful!! That's a large, healthy-looking plant, too.

Thank You Margaret! I have another plant that is bigger and is my original plant, so I will be keeping an eye on it also.

That is beautiful!

That looks very striking

GORGEOUS!!!

thanks for sharing.

That is so pretty Comfrey

Wow..is that cool! I had no idea they flowered!! You must talk to it.

What a beautiful flower!

FAB U LOUS!!! I love it.

What a stunning flower. So simple and elegant!

I feel really honored to have this cactus bloom and to think I almost missed it, as the pot is hidden from view in the kitchen window behind the curtain in a corner of the window sill. I saw the bloom from outdoors. And the bloom only last for one day.

wow that is absolutely stunning!

Thanks for sharing

AWESOME!!

I have been paying closer attention to my cactus since this bloom....There are now two more bloom stalks starting, This is going to be great!!! Will post a pictture of the blooms when it happens, if I don't miss them.

Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!

Simply beautiful!!!

I now have two blooms at the sametime, I am so thrilled, one of the flowers has a ragged edge, don't know what happened to it, the flowers do have a very pale pinkish tinge to the outer edges and down the centers of the outer most petals.

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Oh those are just so pretty!!

OH!!! Now I can't wait for mine!!

They are beautiful!!

Well Tonya..It may be quite awhile before you get to see blooms on yours...but from what I understand, they need to be root bound in order to bloom, so the smaller the pot the faster it may bloom.

Beautiful flower! Can't wait to see the others!!!

I can wait, Comfrey. For a bloom like that- I can definitely wait!