{"id":7736,"date":"2024-07-03T18:01:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T01:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/?p=7736"},"modified":"2024-07-03T18:01:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T01:01:56","slug":"july-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/03\/july-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"July Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

July has always been a good month for desert cactus flowers opening. After only three days, this month gas been no disappointment. All the flowers shown below have opened on or since July first.<\/p>\n

This first photo is of a peniocereusgreggii “Queen of the Night” flower, two of which opened up last night (July 2). They are short-lived like many cacti flowers and were mostly gone this morning. We were lucky to spot them last evening to get this photo.<\/p>\n

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These next beauties also opened overnight. They are “Cherry Red” (trichocereus) cactus flowers and look almost hot pink in the morning sun.<\/p>\n

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Our old reliable “Bishop’s Cap” cactus produces flowers many times during the year. We bought this cactus over 25 years ago in a three-inch plastic pot. These were open on the first of July.<\/p>\n

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The “Star Cactus” (Astrophytum) is also one of those that produce flowers several times a year. This flower also opened on July first.<\/p>\n

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Lastly, is our showy “Red Bird of Paradise” or “Pride of Barbados” shrub which will produce these brightly colored flowers from April through September. We have three shrubs in the courtyard.<\/p>\n

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That’s all for now. Click on any image above to view enlarged in a new window or tab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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