This is this week’s challenge: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/vivid/ and, coincidentally, just three days ago the following cactus flower (Schlumbergera epiphyllum) bloomed in our house. The plant is over 20 years old and every year it sends forth these bright red, pink, and white flowers one after another. They don’t have any fragrance.
Red Cactus Flower. Note the bud of another flower on the left in the background.
Red Cactus Flower
Red Cactus Flower
That cactus flower is the very definition of the word vivid! Nicely shot as well!
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Thank you so much!
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Very beautiful vivids of nature!
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Beautiful and definitely vivid.
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Thank you Pat!
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Wow 20 years and still blooming?! You must have quite the green thumb! Beautiful shots.
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Tina, my better half is the one with the green thumb. 🙂
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Gorgeous flower- it’s also very intricate and fits the bill for the earlier challenge a few week ago!
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Thank you for visiting and commenting!
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Agree, beautiful, vivid and great detail. The texture of the white star like flower at the end reminded me of pipe cleaner. Great photo!
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That star like stigma at the end of the style is where pollen should be. It does look like a pipe cleaner! 🙂 Thank you for visiting and commenting.
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Beautiful colours and lovely details! I had no idea cactuses could produce such large flowers. I have only seen small ones before:)
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The flower is indeed enormous. We have a similar cactus which produces a flower just as large, in white, with a sweet smell. But the flower only blooms at night and lives just a few hours. Thank you for commenting.
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Very beautiful. How wonderful to have that blooming plant in your house.
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Thank you Katelon!
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Beautifully done!
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Thanks John! Do you have this kind of cactus in your area?
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I’ve not seen that cactus in this area but the ones we have are blooming.
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that is vivid, beautiful flower and great photo. Jim
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Thank you Jim!
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I have never seen cactus flower this beautiful! Great capture, Hien!
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Thank you Amy!
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