Watched pot finally boils

cactuspic · Post by **cactuspic** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:22 pm

In a minor forever, I watched as the flower bud formed, poked through the spines and finally opened. Usually, these flowers open incompletely. These Eriosyce are native to the Atacoma desert in Chile, were it may not rain at all for years. The plants are nourished by a nightly seafog, I stacked an image of the full plant, Eriosyce senilis,to the right

and a flower detail, above. Hope you enjoy.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:53 pm

Quite the hairy girl this one is, and a beautiful combo of colors in the flower. Very enjoyable IMO

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:01 pm

Beautiful candy pastel flower colour.
I really like these senilis appearance.

cactuspic · Post by **cactuspic** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:04 am

Thank you Doug & Nikola.

I look forward to the plant's yearly flowering. Its one of my favorites.

Irwin

Carl_Constantine · Post by **Carl_Constantine** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:17 am

The color on that flower is quite breathtaking. Nice pic.

cactuspic · Post by **cactuspic** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:41 am

Thanks Carl.