Selenicereus anthonyanus

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Thu May 22, 2008 11:47 am

I have been growin this one 4 or 5 years, First time blooming for me.

And here's three together for the first time,
Selenicereus anthonyanus on the right,Disocactus phyllanthoides on the left and Epi hybrid in the center

mikayak · Post by **mikayak** » Thu May 22, 2008 2:43 pm

Amazing,

Daiv sent me some Epi cuttings last year and they are doing great. I have never grown them before but was always AMAZED by the size and beauty of the flowers. The biggest problem for me though is the amount of space they consume - and where to put them in winter (since my whole darn house is filled with cacti, orchids, Brugmansias and Hibiscus all winter...I might have to take over the dining room table this year (and my wife - who puts up with quite a bit with NO complaints (even when I filled our master bathroom with 15 5-gallon buckets with live caterpillars because they were tropical and it was too cold outside for them to survive - and our bathroom has a radiant heat floor) - MIGHT object to that since we normally host Thanksgiving every year) - not to mention the $800 electric bills for all of the 400W Metal Halide lights I fill the entire basement with every winter.

We are working on moving somewhere warmer (St. somewhere hopefully), but currently, our 6 year old "Startup business" (we make butterfly real jewelry) has been dominating all of our lives and we will be another year or two before we can afford the move.

The good thing is, when we do move, I'll have "instant tropical & cacus gardens as they are all ready to go here!!!

Beautiful flowers.

I also thought it was funny in the group shot as I was thinking "that ain't no Discocactus". Then I re-read "DISOCACTUS". Sometimes I think taxonomists LIKE to make things difficult for the rest of the world!!!

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:05 pm

AWESOME!
Really cool flowers Tony. (i like the gokart too

)
I also like the old name of Cryptocereus, just sounds cool

TimN · Post by **TimN** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:23 pm

That Selenicereus is a beautiful plant! Congratulations on the flowers!

Tim

cactusveda · Post by **cactusveda** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:24 pm

beautiful flower n plant.......

cactusbutt · Post by **cactusbutt** » Thu May 22, 2008 4:37 pm

Thats a beauty Tony

Post by **daiv** » Thu May 22, 2008 5:24 pm

Looks like more are on the way too Tony!

Soukey - glad to hear those cuttings are doing well!

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri May 23, 2008 1:26 am

Awesome flowers Tony!!

Mark

hegar · Post by **hegar** » Fri May 23, 2008 3:08 am

Hello Tony,
are there two different Selenicereus species pictured? One image does have the outer petals red and the inner ones white, while the other - larger flower - has a white center and yellow outer petals.
Anyway, the images are beautiful!

Harald

tumamoc · Post by **tumamoc** » Fri May 23, 2008 3:45 am

That is a fantastic flower!

Lewis_cacti · Post by **Lewis_cacti** » Fri May 23, 2008 10:13 am

that is really amazing

im going to get one for the stems alone, they look great. kinda like a larger version of epiphyllum anguiler. i like it.

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:49 am

Now THERE is a nice display of flowers.