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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

An exceptional event!



I have always been amazed at the beauty and diversity of cactus flowers.  May be they have to cry out louder for pollinating insects than other flowers in wetter places.

Till recently I have never seen a live cactus flower.
All I have seen is only in pictures!!

Last week I got up in the morning and went to my balcony to water my rose plants. I do this meticulously everyday now, because summer heat in Hyderabad is around 42 degrees Celsius. I accidentally noticed a beautiful yellow flower in one of my cactuses. I have been having this cactus for more than 8 years now and I have never seen it flowering and for that matter I did not know that this guy is capable of flowering!

This, certainly, was a very pleasant surprise!

I have posted below some of the shots which I took of my cactus plant.



 


 






1 comment:

  1. Lovely pics. I have seen cactus flowers . Also heard that it takes a lot time for them to start flowering. real pretties on thorns.

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