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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen
That's a real esoteric hobby you've got there... top man  How did you become involved in this, GT182? |
I got into it by accident. And partly because my grandmother had one for over 25 years. Tho I only saw hers bloom once.
A friend gave me a cutting off her plant 7 years ago. No flowers until this year. I was literally shocked. 2 years ago a neighbor of hers gave me her huge plant. She had it for 16 years and was sick of messing around with it, even tho she had many flowers on if since she got it from a friend.
You see where I'm going with this? Garden shops don't sell these night blooming cereus plants. 99% of the time someone has to give you one or a cutting off of one for you to start. The other 1% are those that find them growing in the wild and get one that way.... which they eventually pass on as cuttings to start growing a plant, or giving away the whole plant they started.
No matter what, they are a tricky plant to get flowering. They can't be too wet, nor can they be too dry.