Epiphyllum's

[Jacy]

Epiphyllum.. A.K.A. Orchid Cactus... Stunning, gorgeous plants that favor us humans with huge, beautiful blooms!!!

 

[Jacy]

Epiphyllum German Empress... Just one of a few I have rooting now... Wish me luck.. I guess they are one of the super fussy Orchid Cactus.. But I like a challenge...

 

[Smart Red]

Wow! Beautiful! I've never seen anything like that before.

 

[Jacy]

This one has a tendency, I hear to make people crazy trying to keep it going... I just have to try.. I've made new friends in the World of Epi's, hear a few different things about German Empress and how to keep her going... I just have to try...

 

[Jacy]

Wow! Beautiful! I've never seen anything like that before.

The German Empress is stunning with its complete over abundance of blooms... That's the reason I'm willing to try and get one of my own going.. if only half of the cuttings I bought root and grow, I'll have enough cuttings to start at the very least, 3-6 full size stunning stand alone plants... One of which is going to my daughter... Most epi's don't produce like this one, but it's rumored to be super fussy about its growing conditions... Wish me luck...

 

[Smart Red]

Yup! You've got the plant bug. Now, don't be listening to Nyboy and start a collection of orchids. Those are even more expensive and difficult than epi's.

Okay, if fairness, Nyboy doesn't grow or push growing any and all orchids. He just buys them in flower and gifts the plants away after they flower. Still, getting one is just the way some of us start a collection.

 

[Smart Red]

I wish you good luck with your attempts.

I haven't found the epi's I've grown to be overly difficult to start or to keep alive (other than freezing them out) but I've not spent any time trying to get mine to flower. Either it just happens or it doesn't.

 

[Jacy]

They just fascinate me and the blooms are something else... I've already got a bunch and getting a bunch more... Lol!!!! I'm hooked... When I get hooked on something, I'm addicted...

 

[sumi]

The members here are very good at sharing, trading, and gifting plants to gardening friends from time to time. I have another trading site that I use. If it is alright with @Nifty and @sumi, I could share that URL with folks here.

Can't do it otherwise. Ya'll know I'm not a trouble maker.

Can you PM a link to it, so I can see it?

 

[Jacy]

This is from a post on eBay, I purchased a lot of 8 cuttings from there... I don't know if I can post a link??? Never tried...