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'Tis the season ..For Cactus Blooms 2019. Parts #2 & 3 Late spring highlights / Monsoon season fireworks


Silas_Sancona

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...Onward we go as the seasons change.. 

While nearly perfect weather atm, including some rare sprinkles / showers both Tuesday and yesterday morning, ..with perhaps better chances of rain / storms forecast starting later tonight thru Sunday or Monday, it won't be long before the heat catches up and puts an end to an unexpectedly nice first half of May and sets the tone for what lies ahead as June begins. 

While some of the heat loving things around the yard are pushing growth / flowers a bit slower right now, Cacti continue their parade of color. Some of the Trichocerus are flowering a tad earlier than last year, with one i had rescued from certain death after sustaining severe sunburn back in 2017 decided to flower this year.  A nice treat among the others flowering atm.

2 of the 3 older Satin White Echinopsis subdunada specimens perfuming the yard just past Dawn..
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Ghostly fireworks as the Triangle cactus, Acanthocereus tetrogonus lights up just past Sunset a few days earlier than last year.
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Echinocereus rigidissimus v. rubispinus  Specimen #2. Spectacular as ever.
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Yet to be named Trichocereus X from the Huntington ..nice 'n full of flowers atm.
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More Echinopsis X "Sorceress" offsets flowering.
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Trichocereus X " First Light"
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Trichocereus X  "Volcanic Sunset" Erupting again.
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Trichocereus X " June Noon" Ahead of schedule this year, and finally producing a nice, fully formed flower.
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Trichocereus X " Flying Saucer"
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....The Mother Ship has landed..  Bow to your spiny Lordess!   Nice to see you again..



..More later..  Enjoy,

Nathan

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With the smell of last nights' rain lingering in the air, a few more pictures to end the weekend, plus a couple rarer drought tolerant companions.

Echinocereus subinermis v ochoterenae w/ some of the Echinopsis in the background (Pic. #2 ).
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Trichocereus X " Ballerina Pink " ** picked up as a No-id specimen. My own name for it** Marked it's pot so i don't forget this time.:indifferent:
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Echinopsis X "Sierra Skyline" ( Pic. #'s 1 & 2 ) and another E. X "Maria Piazza" specimen ( Pic. #3 )
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Menodora longiflora, Showy Menodora. ( Olive / True Jasmine Family ) Tough as Nails Texas / Chihuahuan Desert native. Little touchy in pots but happy where it sits atm. Fragrant flowers open at night and are done by mid -morning if hot. Will stay open longer if cloudy / humid. Gravely soil that drains well.
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Santa Rita Acacia, Mariosousa millefolia.. While not the most exciting to look at, this relative of Palo Blanco, Mariosousa willardiana is perhaps one of the least-  known of the Acacia species in Arizona / the Southwest. An internet search will turn very few pictures/ limited info.  

Thornless, lacy foliage, Gold -ish colored Bark, and grows to approximately 10 or so ft tall. Maybe maxing out at 15ft in the garden with summer irrigation. Perfect size for use as / trained as a patio tree where one can place smaller cacti / succulents which want dappled shade in the summer beneath. Happy to see this flowering so i can further document details about the species and get more seed banked for later. Native to a few spots in the Grassland / Oak Woodland transition areas of S.E. Arizona / Northern Sonora Mexico.
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47 minutes ago, TexasColdHardyPalms said:

Any idea to the ID on this Texas native?

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Going on overall appearance, spine arrangement, Coryphantha echinus, AKA Sea Urchin Cactus seems to be the best fit i could find thus far.. Also looked over Sclerocactus, but most Scleros. have a hooked central spine, somewhat different arrangement. 

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One final burst of color on a cool Memorial day morning.  Was only 59F at Dawn. May not reach 80F here which, if it stays 79 or below through the afternoon, it will be the coolest Memorial day on record for Phoenix. ( currently 75F here in Chandler at 1:25 PM ) Old record of 79F was set in 1988.  For comparison, was 98F last year, and 104F on Memorial day in 2017.    I hope everyone who can ..is out enjoying some superb weather today.. Heat builds through the rest of the week.. 96-98F by next weekend..

Welcome to June, and summer 2019.


Echinopsis X Sierra Skyline close ups, and a group shot w / Echinopsis X Sorceress and X Maria Piazza included.
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Trichocereus X First Light.
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2 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

One final burst of color on a cool Memorial day morning.  Was only 59F at Dawn. May not reach 80F here which, if it stays 79 or below through the afternoon, it will be the coolest Memorial day on record for Phoenix. ( currently 75F here in Chandler at 1:25 PM ) Old record of 79F was set in 1988.  For comparison, was 98F last year, and 104F on Memorial day in 2017.    I hope everyone who can ..is out enjoying some superb weather today.. Heat builds through the rest of the week.. 96-98F by next weekend..

Welcome to June, and summer 2019.


 

It's been relatively cool for May where I live as well. My one Echinopsis is 'behind schedule.' Only one bloom has opened so far; usually I have dozens by now.  Same thing with my Hibiscus. At least I didn't have to water as often this month! ;)

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31 minutes ago, Hillizard said:

It's been relatively cool for May where I live as well. My one Echinopsis is 'behind schedule.' Only one bloom has opened so far; usually I have dozens by now.  Same thing with my Hibiscus. At least I didn't have to water as often this month! ;)

With all the rain, i'd imagine everyone's water bills this month out there will be a bit lower..  We've seen a few showers spill over from all the rain there this month also. While unusual, nothing near enough to really effect how much i have had to water.. That said, Humidity and Dew points have been a bit higher than usual for May lately, which has helped, especially w/ seedling stuff ( see the seedlings thread ) and you can see how much nicer stuff around town looks compared to at this point last year... or,  at this point most years when you can tell the increasing heat is starting to slow stuff down.

 Noticed the Mesquite out back is not on track to produce near as many pods as it did last year. Full and green otherwise.. Neighbor's trees across the Alley are loaded,  same Mesquite cultivar in their yard is planted out front here ( Chilean ) it also is nearly pod-less this spring, unlike last summer/  summer of 2016, 2017. Was checking on a project i did earlier in the Spring for my Landlord and noticed that nearby Ironwoods ( Olneya tesota ) between the house and his wife's office / studio a mile away haven't started flowering yet. Usually near peak bloom at this point. Chaste Trees ( Vitex ) and  Saguaro nearby are flowering however..  Other Mesquite in a Park nearby, which were loaded at this point last year, are just now flowering. Palo Verde had a somewhat quick season, and my Sonoran Lignum Vitae ( Guaiacum coulteri ) flowered lightly or not at all thus far..  Suspect i'll see a heavier bloom on them later since the heat tends to stimulate another bloom cycle come  mid July-ish.

Not sure if our cooler/ wet fall, winter, spring.. have something to do with it but local Dasylirion wheeleri planted in yards / commercial landscapes all over Chandler are all getting ready to flower.. Since i have been here, you'll see a few flower in the spring here and there.  Not this year.. I'd almost call it a sort of super bloom since 9 out of 10 specimens i see in this part of town have flower stalks which are of similar height / development at this time. Very obvious to anyone who pays attention while driving around..  Would be odd if every single specimen within 3 miles of the house were of the same age when purchased from a nursery.

An interesting spring for sure, Won't be surprised if the weather this summer has some surprises as well... Phoenix NWS just tweeted that the current Temperature at Sky harbor is holding at 79F.. ties a record if it holds for another hour..  If only it would hang around another 3 months, lol..

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Each year my Echinopsis 'production' gets great audience reviews, but the show usually closes the same day... after only one performance! :D

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