Friday, December 25, 2009

Flowering!


DSCF3642
Originally uploaded by MhairiT
One of my brother's friends gave him an off-shoot of a cactus a few years ago. It was planted at Mum and Dad's place, named Nandor and has now grown to a respectable size (over five foot). It flowers once a year for a couple of days only and this year it flowered on Christmas Day. Beautiful!

Angus has an offshoot of Nandor at his house now in Anakiwa (can't remember this cactus's name) and it flowered while I was there last week. Just as beautful, and as Tiana pointed out, it smelt of naked ladies. Sadly, we neglected to take a photo of it and then it suffered during a fierce northerly. It looked just like its Timaru cousin though!

No comments: