I know Cliff, I was not offended or annoyed I just want you to know I will be happy to send you more cuttings if those do not do well. No problem, honestly. I just love that old plant and am so disappointed we do not have the real name for it. We will never know I guess.
Did you see that other orchid cactus I got from the same lady. This woman was from South Africa and loved her cactus, she left them to me when she died. The orchid cactus was so big they had to cut off half of the bottom to get it into the car that delivered it here. I gave those cuttings to my friend who has a farmers Market and studied at Longwood Garden in PA, and she and her assistant were selling them this year. They are beautiful plants and they are now in hanging basket pots of about 12 inches. Here is a picture of that one. The same group of people have ID her. Here is the link:
http://www.cactiguide.com/cact...
They also stated that her parents are these. One they said is common in cultivation, one is almost nonexistent. While the true D. ackermanii is even more rare.
http://www.cactiguide.com/cact...
http://www.cactiguide.com/cact...
Not sure you even care about Orchid Cactus, but I found this one extremely interesting especially since it came from this woman and God knows where she got them. The cuttings are really ugly but the flower is gigantic and beautiful.
Sorry for getting so wordy, I hope you have a wonderful day. I also hope those links show you what they are supposed to. When I looked at the preview it had some of the link cut off and I could not get it to do otherwise. At least I tried.
