The saguaro bloom was unusually prolific in spring 2021. Sonoran Desert residents witnessed an extremely rare phenomenon in the spring of 2021: saguaro blooms were literally busting out all over. Saguaros typically bloom in spring. And when they do, the blooms are usually confined to a crown at the very top of the main body or mature arms.
The radial spines are around 1.5” inches long with a mature plant having around 12-18 ribs. Flowering Trichocereus Grandiflorus Hybrid. Torch cactus has red flowers and may show slight variations in the shade since there are so many hybrid versions of this plant and many resemble the saguaro flower.
How Long Do Christmas Cactus Flowers Last. Each flower of the Christmas cactus can be kept in flower for up to six days, or up to six weeks. Prune back each stem of a flowering plant after it has flowered by pinching off enough sections to achieve uniform growth. I explain how this happened in my poem about Christmas cacti blooming in February
Water only when the topmost, about 1 inch (2.5 cm.), layer of soil is dry to the touch. This will enable the plant to enter dormancy. Dormancy is critical for getting a Christmas cactus to bloom. In order to further force a Christmas cactus to bloom, you'll need to move the plant where it will receive about 12 to 14 hours of darkness. . 177 246 350 205 208 268 0 156 39