The large plant is a picture of the mother plant. San Pedros are hardy plants and as you can see the two large plants in the photo have flourished outside in Melbourne.

If you’re interested in getting into these ancient Peruvian sacred cactuses, head to www.doyadigit.com for more tips. The flowers of this species are absolutely spectacular.
The San Pedro Cactus (Trichocereus panchanoi) is the most common and well known of the Trichocereus and can be found naturally in the Andes of Peru and Ecuador. The San Pedro Cactus is a very hardy and easy to grow branching columnar cactus with 4 – 8 ribs. They often grow over a foot per year and can reach heights of over 5 metres when planted in the ground.
Trichocereus Pachanoi has been known for over 3000 years and there is evidence to suggest cultivation of Trichocerus Pachanoi in Peru from 2200 B. C.

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Massive flowers

I don't recall teh name of this cactus,
but the flowers are spectacular
every year
there are more flowers
these three flowers are all on the one branch

Looking in

Bee heaven
open wide
fertilise me

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Close by www.doyadigit.com is being incubated
J is bubbling with excitement for www.scissorsforstylists.com.au
and still the blossoms come

Do Ya Dig It

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Features San Pedro and other exotic cacti and succulents

Euphorbia stenoclada

Upclose with the prickly beast

Princess gum flower

Eucalyptus caesia 'Silver Princess'

with bee

Native garden looks amazing in Spring

Native flower - gorgeous, must look its name up

Aloe plicatilis Fan Aloe fan flower

http://www.greenhillspropagation.com.au/plantdetail.php?pid=404

http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/aloeplicatilis.htm

Aloe forex up close

Tim's digital

Stunning Colour

 

Flower over Form

 

Spring flowering in an arid garden

 

Rules are amde to be broken

I sit front and centre in the Form Over Flower camp; however, as with all things there are exceptions and the cute flowers on this diminutive cactus are wonderful.

 

Show me the flowers

 

Aloe finishes flowering

 

Aloe pilanties (sp?) at night in wattlebird delight flowers

Here is a much better day time shot of its trunk.

Dracaena Draco at night

bird of paradise strelitzia

salvaged bird os paradise florishing in my garden, another four flowers this year makes ten flowers,4,4,2 since I rescused it from a residential development site clear. Credit to the guys they delivered it into the right position for $50, a bargain for a huge three people required plant like this. Massive root system. Said to be hard to transplant, though haven't checked the vorasity of that yet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strelitzia
http://www.clemson.edu/charleston/local/bird/bopspecies.htm
http://tinyurl.com/p42yn University of Florida pdf 

Budding Aloe Ferox

The wattle birds and I are both excited to see the Aloe Ferox preparing to flower in it's new home.