Australian Cacti

Dont know if you are into cacti Meanie, but thought you might like this. It was in a "neighbours" garden next to where we were staying.

Oh, I do!!

funny really cause to me a cacti isnt anything of beauty but yet when they flower , the flowers are beautifull.

Arent they just Sanbaz!
Meanie, I think the flower looks a bit like Echinopsis spachiana. Whether thats the latin name I dont know.

I with San. on this one, I do find cacti boring BUT when they flower, Wow. !

Just googled this. I remember my friend saying they only lasted one night. It has a gorgeous perfume which for some reason I dont remember..most strange!...and the latin name is Epiphyllum oxypetallum..apparently the are also found in the Mojave Desert, California..

exactly Grandmage ;o)

A bit like beauty and the beast of the flower world! Just how big is this? - it looks enormous.

I cant be certain Gee it was a fair distance away but would guess about 8"?Maybe more. Not even sure its what I said it was. Our Aussie friends called it Queen of the Night but this was not "dangling" from a sort of root like the picture on the net, it appeared to be growing right off the side of the cactus. I understand that Australia dont have any indigenous cacti..so now Im really puzzled..

I'm with you San , but when they do flower .wow.....

Me too! This is very exotic though and very beautiful.

Nice pic.... interesting structure... and pretty flower ! :o)