![]() These offsets can be immediately potted up as new plants.īecause Peruvian Apple Cactus blooms at night, you may need to hand-pollinate the flowers using a soft artist’s brush. You may also find small new plants or offsets growing at the base of the plant during spring or summer. Let the cutting dry out and callus over by setting it aside for a week or two before planting. ![]() Propagate Peruvian Apple Cactus by taking cuttings from the stem top. Once they mature, you will only need to repot them every few years, always moving to a pot size just slightly larger. You can repot the young plants every year in spring. Apply a slow-release granular organic cactus fertilizer in early spring and summer when the cactus is actively growing. You might even add a bit more sand so the soil does not hold water. Use a cactus potting soil that drains well. Always let the soil dry out between waterings. Give it considerably less water during the winter. Water Peruvian Apple Cactus thoroughly when it is actively growing during the spring and summer. Choose a spot in your house that gets full sun a south-facing window is ideal. Peruvian Apple Cactus are resistant to salt spray, so they can spend summers outdoors even near the ocean.īeing a cactus, this plant likes bright light and just a little water. Because of their upright growth, they make a stunning display in hallways, bedrooms, offices and living rooms. Long-lived, they can easily grow to six or seven feet tall indoors after many years. The huge, cream-colored flowers give way to violet-red to yellow thornless fruits with crunchy white flesh and edible seeds.Īlso known as giant club cactus or hedge cactus, this is a stunning ornamental blue-green upright cactus that grows in a single column with three to five blades. Nights also give us the flower of the Peruvian Apple Cactus (Cereus peruvianus, or Cereus repandus syn.), with each bloom lasting a single night. Even today, the main streets of Cuzco are laid out to align with the stars during feast days. With big sky and high mountains, the ancient Incas were serious astronomers, and they were the only ancient culture in the world to define constellations of darkness as well as light. ©2014 Anders Tomlinson, all rights reserved.When we think of glaciers we rarely think of Peru, but Peru has 1,769 glaciers in its 28 different climate zones. On the right the two partsĪnd here the fallen flowers lay – abstract in their pattern and movement. Week after the longer dried flower separated and fell. On the left the base unit, potential fruit, has fallen a Has broken off from the base of the areole. This is a step closer to becoming a Peruvian Apple. One would think with the number of flowers that there maybe abundant fruit. Research indicated this would be a sweet treat, with a crunch – tiny seeds in the fleshy fruit. I was looking forward to eating the fruit of this Peruvian apple cactus. The photos above and below were taken in October 2009. The photos above were taken in a period between September and October 2009. The photos above were taken on the evening of September 7 & 8, 2009.įrom spectacular flower to colorful fruitįrom what was a flower begins a long journey to be a fruit. When the flower explodes open a sweet fragrance fills the night. A Little Background on Peruvian Apple CactusĢ4 hours in the bloom of the queen of the night.The Magnificent Cactus Circus Has Arrived in the Night Is a flower a flower be it with bees or not? What happens if this cactus gives a party and no comes? Is it the end a world, at some level? Is the beginning on another level? Will this be judged as a wasted effort? And who dare be the judge? But wait, this is only the first night of what appears to be an extended event. Will these flowers become Peruvian Apples? What good does this do? How does nature benefit. it is strange to have open flowers and no bees. It is possible that most bees have blown out to sea. The flowers will remain open only one night. I counted over 50 areoles on three stems. There is an unusual quantity of shoots or branches that will produce flowers on this cactus. These winds usually occur in late October and November. A strong hot wind has come off the deserts, over mountains and accelerating through canyons towards the Pacific Ocean. The last twelve months have been the driest in record. They can persist during droughts and grow with adequate moisture. Cactus Bloom with Blooms to Be and Blooms that Were.Ĭactus are the easiest plants to approach and that is by design.
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