Another Bloom Watch Comes To A Close
Thank all of you who attended Bloom Night and sent me pictures of your bloomers. Hopefully all of you had a good time. This has been delayed due to the […]
This Weekend: Bloom Night?
I checked and measured all the buds on Friday and found the majority to be in the 40mm to 45mm range. I figured the weekend would be safe because they […]
Bloom Watch #6 – To Bud, or Not to Bud
I just got back from communing with The Queen and boy is it hot. Last week it looked like there was one flower breaking stall. It was at 45mm and […]
Bloom Watch #5 – Six Degrees of Maturation
After the long Memorial Day weekend, the major change I’m seeing is more buds moving into the stall stage of development. It appears that last week’s stalls are going to […]
Bloom Watch #4 – New Buds Take Shape
It’s been another week and there are some nice changes. I was out of town part of last week and was surprised to see that the Queen has been busy. […]
Bloom Watch #3 – Hope For The New Growth
Last week I told you that Jessie Byrd, the Pima County Native Plant Manager, contacted me. I just wanted everyone to know that I made another one of my major […]
Bloom Watch #2 – To Bloom Too Soon
As I had mentioned last week, one of the Queens had a bud in stall status and that I would be watching her closely to see if it would hold […]
Bloom Watch #1 – She Shall Overcome: Beating The Odds
Hi everyone. I hope you’ve had a good year. The time has come, and the Queen is beginning to wake. I have been watching our Peniocereus greggii plants all winter […]