and now it's done by blueberry1222

and now it's done

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It looks both alluring and lethal!!
July 15th, 2021  
Those are some long spikes for such a small cactus.
July 15th, 2021  
Hard to believe it is the same plant!
July 15th, 2021  
they are fast, I have a climbing one with a white flower nearly identical
July 15th, 2021  
Does it make a fruit body from the bloom?
July 15th, 2021  
@marlboromaam I thought it would, but I don't think it got pollinated. The flowers are usually white to attract night pollinators. This cactus is a hybrid to get the pink color, so it likely confuses the heck out of nature.
July 15th, 2021  
@blueberry1222 That's too bad. I guess they didn't want anyone to save the seeds.
July 15th, 2021  
@marlboromaam I'm not sure it's so much that, as I would need a bat to pollinate it! I bet if I had a second flower in bloom at the same time that I could hand pollinate. Maybe I'll get lucky next year and have simultaneous flowers bloom! (I did buy three of these cacti after all!)
July 15th, 2021  
@blueberry1222 That would be cool! I hear feathers work fairly well for hand pollination. =)
July 15th, 2021  
A stark contrast to yesterday!
July 16th, 2021  
Encore! Encore!
July 16th, 2021  
Aw so sad only to flower for such a short time
July 16th, 2021  
To fast!
July 16th, 2021  
Still nice
July 16th, 2021  
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