Comments on: Green Towers http://asymptotia.com/2007/10/06/green-towers/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:31:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: They’re Here! - Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com/2007/10/06/green-towers/#comment-84862 They’re Here! - Asymptotia Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:17:56 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/10/06/green-towers/#comment-84862 [...] Well, they were here, and now they’re gone again. But weren’t they wonderful? The entire plant was covered with them for a day or two. Click right for more detail.) I told you about the buds appearing shortly after the long-awaited rain, and within a day or two they popped out. But I had a backlog of things to do and so I have not posted the pictures until now. A day later they faded and then it rained briefly again, which was enough to ensure that they’d definitely be gone. Their fleeting nature makes them all the more precious. [...] [...] Well, they were here, and now they’re gone again. But weren’t they wonderful? The entire plant was covered with them for a day or two. Click right for more detail.) I told you about the buds appearing shortly after the long-awaited rain, and within a day or two they popped out. But I had a backlog of things to do and so I have not posted the pictures until now. A day later they faded and then it rained briefly again, which was enough to ensure that they’d definitely be gone. Their fleeting nature makes them all the more precious. [...]

]]> By: Oliver http://asymptotia.com/2007/10/06/green-towers/#comment-84105 Oliver Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:33:06 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/10/06/green-towers/#comment-84105 It never ceases to amaze me just how quickly plants respond to favourable conditions; not surprising when you think about it but impressive, nevertheless. Looking forwards to seeing the flowers open! It never ceases to amaze me just how quickly plants respond to favourable conditions; not surprising when you think about it but impressive, nevertheless. Looking forwards to seeing the flowers open!

]]> By: Carl Brannen http://asymptotia.com/2007/10/06/green-towers/#comment-83949 Carl Brannen Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:17:05 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/10/06/green-towers/#comment-83949 Having grown up surrounded by cactus in New Mexico, I hate the things. As a youth, I somehow managed to avoid the almost universal fate of lively boys and never had to be hauled to the emergency room to have several thousand spines removed from me. The worst are the ones too small to see. That said, there is something about cactus flowers that makes them the most beautiful in the world. In New Mexico, most of them bloom in spring and early summer. I'm kind of surprised that one is thinking about it now. Having grown up surrounded by cactus in New Mexico, I hate the things. As a youth, I somehow managed to avoid the almost universal fate of lively boys and never had to be hauled to the emergency room to have several thousand spines removed from me. The worst are the ones too small to see.

That said, there is something about cactus flowers that makes them the most beautiful in the world. In New Mexico, most of them bloom in spring and early summer. I’m kind of surprised that one is thinking about it now.

]]> By: spyder http://asymptotia.com/2007/10/06/green-towers/#comment-83899 spyder Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:08:36 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/10/06/green-towers/#comment-83899 <i>It just sits there and… grows happily with no intervention</i> Yes, and that is what makes it all the more frustrating. Way back in the last century, when i still lived in SoCal, we used to grow them (and other cacti) in the Santa Monica Mountains with little effort and attention. The hardest work was cutting out those that had become diseased or damaged; and if you wore good leather gloves that job was easy. It just sits there and… grows happily with no intervention
Yes, and that is what makes it all the more frustrating. Way back in the last century, when i still lived in SoCal, we used to grow them (and other cacti) in the Santa Monica Mountains with little effort and attention. The hardest work was cutting out those that had become diseased or damaged; and if you wore good leather gloves that job was easy.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/10/06/green-towers/#comment-83725 Clifford Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:23:18 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/10/06/green-towers/#comment-83725 Hi, Mary: that's why I say "Come back and have a look!"..... I'll update with a photo when they emerge. Spyder:- Sorry! I'm embarrassed to say further than in fact I'm not really doing anything. It just sits there and... grows happily with no intervention from me since I first trimmed it back a tiny amount some years back. As far as it is concerned, I'm an irrelevance. Fingers crossed that its health continues... -cvj Hi,

Mary: that’s why I say “Come back and have a look!”….. I’ll update with a photo when they emerge.

Spyder:- Sorry! I’m embarrassed to say further than in fact I’m not really doing anything. It just sits there and… grows happily with no intervention from me since I first trimmed it back a tiny amount some years back. As far as it is concerned, I’m an irrelevance. Fingers crossed that its health continues…

-cvj

]]> By: Mary Cole http://asymptotia.com/2007/10/06/green-towers/#comment-83724 Mary Cole Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:15:22 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/10/06/green-towers/#comment-83724 Perhaps you could post a photo of the flowers when they appear. Perhaps you could post a photo of the flowers when they appear.

]]> By: spyder http://asymptotia.com/2007/10/06/green-towers/#comment-83723 spyder Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:12:19 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/10/06/green-towers/#comment-83723 Perhaps my most favorite of all cacti, and those stunning flowers, oh my. I almost curse you for being able to grow them so wonderfully. They just don't take to the indoors up here in the north very well at all. Perhaps my most favorite of all cacti, and those stunning flowers, oh my. I almost curse you for being able to grow them so wonderfully. They just don’t take to the indoors up here in the north very well at all.

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