Our lovely cactus is just coming into bloom!
This cactus once grew so tall and at such an angle that it kept
falling over. So we chopped its top off and then later it grew back an
extra four tops. It still leans at a funny angle but no longer
generally falls over. It did however once fall over and roll under the
television and sat there for a day before we noticed it. Since then it
has behaved well and sat nicely on the windowsill. It never used to flower but has done so for the last several years, I suspect something about chopping its top off stimulated its flowering. Click
here for some photos of the cactus in full bloom a couple of years ago.
Meanwhile I cleaned the living room windows today, we're three floors up which makes it a slightly daunting task for someone with no head for heights (window cleaners round here don't do upper floor windows in the traditional old buildings like ours). I clean the windows every year at this time, because that means I can see the swifts better! The highest number we've seen from the living room this year so far is six, though that will increase over the summer. Still the numbers are overall down on a few years ago.
8 comments:
I know what you mean about heights...I get vertigo like anything! One flock of about 15 swifts I've seen here.
Blooming cactus is really great! Such a hope it displays.
That looks a pretty colour petal too!
All the best Jan
It's beautiful - such personality!
That is such a beautiful cactus. :-)
Greetings from London.
lovely cactus - don't envy you cleaning those windows though
Nice cactus, beautiful pictures in the post you've linked!
A lovely cactus - I used to have a mini collection. They are such unusual plants, and as you intimate, their flowers can be quite beautiful. So glad you can now watch the Swifts through shiny windows, Juliet!
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