Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Cactus flower??

Can cactus bloom a flower?


How long it will take to bloom a flower???


I have planted my cactus for almost 3 years now but it hasn't bloom a flower. Are there any tips so that the cactus can bloom the flower quicker??
Cactus flower??
yes cactus bloom flowers


The cactus flower is similar to those of other flowering plants. It is a perfect flower, which means that it bears sepals, petals and functional pistils and stamens. Most cacti have numerous stamens. All cacti, except for some specie s of the primitive Pereskiahave epigynous flowers. The flowers of some primitive Pereskiaspecies are perigynous, which differ from the epigynous flowers of all other cacti in that the ovary is superior rather than inferior.





Cactus flowers vary in size and color. The flowers of Selenicerus grandiflorus (Queen of the Night) can be more than 20 cm in diameter (Benson, 1982). In contrast, the flowers of Mammillaria are commonly very small but cluster together to form a conspicuous garland just back from the crown of the plant. Colorful blooms and scents attract pollinators. Many desert cacti produce colorful unscented flowers that bloom during the day and attract various flying insects. Many jungle ca cti have richly perfumed large blooms, usually white or pale yellow, that open at dusk and attract moths. Night-blooming cacti tend to have large, foul smelling, fleshy blooms that attract bats.
Reply:Be patient. Be very patient. I had a cactus that took 15 years before it bloomed. Tip: keep cutting off sprouts that grow around the base.
Reply:Cactii only bloom at night, because their pollinators are bats, which are nocturnal. They bloom after it rains a lot, ie the wet season, so try dousing it with water (but don't do this often, you'll kill your cactus.)
Reply:first of all CACTUS is XEROPHATIC plant which use grow in deserts. it needs some amount of water. IT difficult to bloom it. when i had planted the cactus it had bloomed automatically after 6 manths .but i had put more water in it .


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