My neighbour Mr Garg who is a retired civil engineer, has lots of potted plants around his house. One of them is a round Cactus planted in a small earthen pot of the size of a tumbler. This plant is two years old & had never flowered.
One day he observed a tiny pink colour bud coming out. Within two days the pink bud came up on six inch stem. The stem was like a hollow pipe. On third day the white & pink flower bloomed. Only for two hours. During the third hour it started wilting & collapsed by the evening.
Life is short for sure.
Some photos:
One day he observed a tiny pink colour bud coming out. Within two days the pink bud came up on six inch stem. The stem was like a hollow pipe. On third day the white & pink flower bloomed. Only for two hours. During the third hour it started wilting & collapsed by the evening.
Life is short for sure.
Some photos:
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| Once-in-two-years wonder |
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| Proud owner displays the flower on third day |
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| It has beautiful soft white & pink petals |
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| In full bloom. Notice the hollow-pipe like green stem |
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| In the third hour it started wilting & stem started tilting |
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| It is down to almost half-mast in fourth hour |
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| By sixth hour petals had wilted & hollow stem had also collapsed. |
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