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Name: Stefan SE europe(balkans) (Zone 6b)              skopjecollection May 16, 2018 10:13 PM CST |
| Out of experience, which species flowers' bloom for the longest period(individual flowers, not blooming season/flower number)? |
Name: Jai or Jack WV (Zone 6b) Om shanti om.            Jai_Ganesha May 17, 2018 9:31 AM CST |
| Not sure if this helps, but I have noticed that if I keep the room cool and do not allow pollination, some of my Easter cacti (all hybrids) will keep the same individual flower for more than 2 weeks. I've never timed it exactly by individual flower, though, only by "bloom season" which is still not accurate because they can sometimes bloom sporadically all year. Keep going! |
Name: Baja Baja California (Zone 11b)          |
| I am curious to hear more answers to this question. I realize you intentionally excluded short-lived flowers with a long blooming season, but this plant spends about half the year in bud or bloom, and is the most floriferous cactus I have seen. Parodia (Parodia schumanniana) |
Name: Jai or Jack WV (Zone 6b) Om shanti om. Jai_Ganesha May 17, 2018 11:08 AM CST |
Baja_Costero said:this plant spends about half the year in bud or bloom Just curious is this "sporadic" bud/bloom (i.e. different amounts here and there) or is it a big flush of blooms like other cacti, but lasting six months? Keep going! |
Name: Baja Baja California (Zone 11b) |
| The flowers last 2-3 days and appear in groups of 8-10, on average. |
Name: Stefan SE europe(balkans) (Zone 6b) skopjecollection May 17, 2018 11:42 AM CST |
| Baja , that is intentional. Because, you know , mammillaria and schlumbergera. my experience(could be wrong on some of them) opuntia humifusa -up to 6 days, depends on size and conditions thelocactus setispinus - 3 days tops, only one time it bloomed gymnocalicum baldanium - 2 days,average schlumbergera x buckley/truncata - 4 days (i think) max parodia- longest ive seen is 4 days Rebutia -1 to 2 days echinopsis - 1 to 2 nights(if lucky) disocactus x hybridus - 1 to 4 days (previous owner) opunita elata- 2 days disocactus flageliformis - 2-3 days maybe? lepisimium cruciforme -3days, could be longer lepisimium bolivianum - 1 or 2 days schlumbergera gaertneri -4 to 5 days rhipsalis - 1 day |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost   DaisyI May 17, 2018 11:57 AM CST |
Those straw flowers on the heads of cactus sometimes last for years  (sorry, couldn't resist)Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
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