{"id":8045,"date":"2025-04-16T21:36:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T04:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/?p=8045"},"modified":"2025-04-16T21:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T04:36:15","slug":"trichocereus-grandiflorus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/16\/trichocereus-grandiflorus\/","title":{"rendered":"Trichocereus Grandiflorus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250416-red-flowers.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250416-red-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250416-red-flowers.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250416-red-flowers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250416-red-flowers-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Red Torch or Cherry Red flowers opening this week in the courtyard. These have never disappointed us for the last nine years or so since we purchased and brought home this cereus cactus from a local nursery. There will be more other than these two over the next few days and perhaps weeks, judging from the buds seen on other cacti in our xeriscape garden. Click on the image to enlarge.<\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"https:\/\/myplantin.com\/plant\/2712\" target=\"_blank\">Trichocereus Grandiflorus<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Trichocereus Grandiflorus \u201cTorch Cactus\u201d is similar to many other cacti \u2013 it requires little water and likes partial to full sun. The latter means that it\u2019s best to be kept outdoors.Besides, with some newer hybrids growing up to 1-2 feet tall and 12 inches wide, the Torch Cactus may be a too bulky cactus for indoor keeping.The Torch Cactus is more cold-resistant than the typical cactus \u2013 it can survive in temperatures as low as 15 degrees Fahrenheit (-9.4 degrees Celsius). While it still won\u2019t survive harsh winters, it can do pretty well in mildly cold areas if kept dry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Torch or Cherry Red flowers opening this week in the courtyard. These have never disappointed us for the last nine years or so since we&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,39,8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona","category-flowers","category-pretty-stuff","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8045"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8049,"href":"https:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8045\/revisions\/8049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}