Friday 12 August 2022

Her resilience

 What I love most about the Pink Lady or Callisia Repens is the fact  that although it looks so delicate, it is actually very resilient at the same time.  After a bout of snail attacks, my little pink ladies survived  and are looking radiant again.


             

Six + 2 + 1

Epiphyllum Oxypetalum, the Dutchman's pipe cactus, princess of the night or queen of the night, is a species of cactus. It rarely blooms and only at midnight, and its flowers wilt before dawn.   Usually my plant only produces a single flower at a time. In June I was lucky to have 2 flowers blooming at the same time.  On 5 August I had six flowers opening at the same time, followed by 2 more on 6 August and 1 more on 7 August.  A sight to behold!

 

                                             Six blooms on 5 August 2022