A blue cactus flower in the middle of the winter.
Posted by: Christer Johansson (IP Logged)
Date: Sunday, 22-Feb-2009, 18:58:29
A visit at Göteborg botanical garden and their tropical house gave me this little surprise 
/Christer
The Windowsill Grower in Västerås, Sweden • Registered: 05/01/08
/Christer
The Windowsill Grower in Västerås, Sweden • Registered: 05/01/08
Re: A blue cactus flower in the middle of the winter.
Posted by: Stuart Estell (IP Logged)
Date: Sunday, 22-Feb-2009, 19:39:17
Nice. I must get round to growing a Wittia.
Re: A blue cactus flower in the middle of the winter.
Posted by: Christer Johansson (IP Logged)
Date: Sunday, 22-Feb-2009, 20:07:05
Four seeds germinated for me this winter, hope they will survive 
/Christer
The Windowsill Grower in Västerås, Sweden • Registered: 05/01/08
/Christer
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Re: A blue cactus flower in the middle of the winter.
Posted by: Lindsey (IP Logged)
Date: Sunday, 22-Feb-2009, 20:20:32
Stuart Estell Wrote:
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> Nice. I must get round to growing a Wittia
You can't be cereus
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> Nice. I must get round to growing a Wittia
You can't be cereus
Re: A blue cactus flower in the middle of the winter.
Posted by: Christer Johansson (IP Logged)
Date: Sunday, 22-Feb-2009, 20:24:22
Well, it will take i while before they flower anyway 
I have some more pictures on other succulents and orchids from Göteborg in this album, and I keep on loading up more
/Christer
The Windowsill Grower in Västerås, Sweden • Registered: 05/01/08
I have some more pictures on other succulents and orchids from Göteborg in this album, and I keep on loading up more
/Christer
The Windowsill Grower in Västerås, Sweden • Registered: 05/01/08
Re: A blue cactus flower in the middle of the winter.
Posted by: Dirk Everaerd (IP Logged)
Date: Sunday, 22-Feb-2009, 22:48:28
Pieter , a friend, told me it should be a Disocactus amazonicus .
With regards from Belgium,
Dirk
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With regards from Belgium,
Dirk
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Re: A blue cactus flower in the middle of the winter.
Posted by: Christer Johansson (IP Logged)
Date: Monday, 23-Feb-2009, 08:19:54
Dirk Everaerd Wrote:
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> Pieter , a friend, told me it should be a
> Disocactus amazonicus .
And if you follow "The New Cactus Lexicon" it's Pseudorhipsalis amazonica
/Christer
The Windowsill Grower in Västerås, Sweden • Registered: 05/01/08
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> Pieter , a friend, told me it should be a
> Disocactus amazonicus .
And if you follow "The New Cactus Lexicon" it's Pseudorhipsalis amazonica
/Christer
The Windowsill Grower in Västerås, Sweden • Registered: 05/01/08
Re: A blue cactus flower in the middle of the winter.
Posted by: Phil_SK (IP Logged)
Date: Monday, 23-Feb-2009, 15:40:56
...... ssp. amazonica.
Re: A blue cactus flower in the middle of the winter.
Posted by: Christer Johansson (IP Logged)
Date: Monday, 23-Feb-2009, 17:32:50
Yes Phil, I forgot that bit 
/Christer
The Windowsill Grower in Västerås, Sweden • Registered: 05/01/08
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Re: A blue cactus flower in the middle of the winter.
Posted by: Alejandro (IP Logged)
Date: Monday, 23-Feb-2009, 17:47:40
It is a beautiful flower.
Alex
Alex
Re: A blue cactus flower in the middle of the winter.
Posted by: Christer Johansson (IP Logged)
Date: Monday, 23-Feb-2009, 19:52:34
Here is another picture of many buds on and of focus. The blue color really shows
/Christer
The Windowsill Grower in Västerås, Sweden • Registered: 05/01/08
/Christer
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Re: A blue cactus flower in the middle of the winter.
Posted by: Vicent (IP Logged)
Date: Tuesday, 10-Mar-2009, 08:17:39
That was last Saturday at the nursery by Cristóbal de El Ejido (Spain)
Cheers
Vicent
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Cheers
Vicent
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Re: A blue cactus flower in the middle of the winter.
Posted by: Christer Johansson (IP Logged)
Date: Tuesday, 10-Mar-2009, 10:23:26
Wow 
That's a nice and big plant!!
Thanks for sharing!!
/Christer
The Windowsill Grower in Västerås, Sweden • Registered: 05/01/08
That's a nice and big plant!!
Thanks for sharing!!
/Christer
The Windowsill Grower in Västerås, Sweden • Registered: 05/01/08
Re: A blue cactus flower in the middle of the winter.
Posted by: Vicent (IP Logged)
Date: Tuesday, 10-Mar-2009, 11:30:34
Thank you Christer for me to know this plant. I asked Christopher and it gave me a couple of cuttings.
Vicent
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Re: A blue cactus flower in the middle of the winter.
Posted by: Marlon Machado (IP Logged)
Date: Tuesday, 10-Mar-2009, 11:33:51
Wittia amazonica (or whatever the genus it is now put into) has indeed exquisite flowers!
Cheers,
Marlon.
Cheers,
Marlon.
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