Photography23 Apr 2008 01:06 pm

Cleistocactus azerensis
The hummingbirds love these cacti. Our specimen plants have literally billions of blooms on them right now, and all summer long. I counted. First they bloom on the south side of the plant, all up and down. Then the blooms migrate around to the west and east sides, with a few on the north side popping by late summer.
The hummingbirds are territorial, so we see the same pair every day, checking for new buds here when they’re not finishing off the last of the Aloe striatas, which are just dripping with nectar.
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May 18th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Nice shot ! Is this Cleistocactus candelilla or the name oyu have written here. I have no knowledge about cactus at all. Please educate me, please see my image here on this link /www.flickr.com/photos/wildhiss/2184506858/ Let me know, my e-mail is wildhiss@gmail.com if you wish.
Regards
Capt Suresh Sharma
http://www.snakecell.org
INDIA
May 21st, 2008 at 6:49 am
Capt,
You have a different Cleistocactus species than we do. I’m not familiar with C. candelilla, so it is very possible that is the species you have.