Everything seemed to have weathered the freeze up here. I did cover them with a sheet – so that helped. Now, my mother arrived for dinner tonight with this cactus she picked up at the grocery store(!) I has yellow flowers on the top and lots and lots of little sprouts all over the larger trunks. Now, the flowers are glued on paper – which elicits a big OMG!! Is this thing even real at all? What do you make of it. J Hehe!!
Thanks, Karen
Karen,
You have the Fairy Castle Cactus, Cereus hildmannianus monstrose, with glued on paper flowers. Grocery stores often glue on paper flowers. I don’t know why.
Peter
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November 27th, 2010 at 11:37 am
‘Cause otherwise people won’t buy them, silly.
November 27th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Grocery store customers are so fickle
December 7th, 2010 at 8:24 am
its not a Cereus tetragonus monstrose ??
December 7th, 2010 at 10:04 am
Strobezz-
Cereus tetragonus is a synonym for Acanthocereus tetragonus, which is a sprawling jungle cactus with giant white flowers. I know there are pictures on the web saying otherwise, but the Anderson “The Cactus Family” says they are wrong. Here’s a picture.
Cereus hildmannianus also has many synonyms, and so this plant is often found under many different names.