Nature Giant Argentine Cactus

Giant Argentine Cactus · **1 Like**

The photos are from our campground desert garden. I felt honored to happen to be staying there when this Argentine Giant cactus started blooming. This is quite an unusual cactus, it opens up during the night providing a very fragrant smell and huge up to 8 inch blooms and starts to close at daybreak. These bright colored petals and yellow centers attract night pollinators such as bats and insects and each bloom only lasts for a couple of days and fade away. The last photo was taken during the daylight and the bloom was drying up and did not bloom again. Lucky me I felt to get the photos when I did, enjoy this unusual beauty

**hjoseph7** · 06-07-2015, 09:34 AM

Nature is amazing...

lesmore49 · 06-07-2015, 09:48 AM

Very good pics and thanks for the info. I was not familiar with this plant.

**volley** · 06-07-2015, 10:55 AM

Timing worked out for you, I think you were quite lucky to this. Well captured Bob!

daacon · 06-07-2015, 11:44 AM

Wow that's a site to see for sure you are most fortunate great shots

**Kerrowdown** · 06-07-2015, 12:08 PM

A flower of beauty with a Cinderella like existence, well captured.

**eaglem** · 06-07-2015, 03:24 PM

Great shots Bob and what an amazing flower.

waterfall · 06-07-2015, 04:30 PM

What a show for you, and now for us. Thanks for sharing.

**Bob Harris** · 06-10-2015, 05:27 PM

Originally posted by hjoseph7

Nature is amazing...

It really is, we just have to go outside and see what it gives us

---------- Post added 06-10-15 at 04:29 PM ----------

Originally posted by lesmore49

Very good pics and thanks for the info. I was not familiar with this plant.

I've seen a couple other cacti similar to this, but the blooms were not as large. These are really big, too bad they don't last longer.

---------- Post added 06-10-15 at 04:30 PM ----------

Originally posted by volley

Timing worked out for you, I think you were quite lucky to this. Well captured Bob!

thanks Norbert, we'll go back to the campground next year and see if we can catch it in bloom again. It's good practice for night photography.

---------- Post added 06-10-15 at 04:32 PM ----------

Originally posted by daacon

Wow that's a site to see for sure you are most fortunate great shots

thanks buddy, we felt quite lucky to view and photograph.

---------- Post added 06-10-15 at 04:33 PM ----------

Originally posted by Kerrowdown

A flower of beauty with a Cinderella like existence, well captured.

great title for this beauty, the Cinderella Cacti. thanks so much.

---------- Post added 06-10-15 at 04:35 PM ----------

Originally posted by eaglem

Great shots Bob and what an amazing flower.

and it doesn't produce like your roses, this is only once a year to get the special blooms.

---------- Post added 06-10-15 at 04:37 PM ----------

Originally posted by waterfall

What a show for you, and now for us. Thanks for sharing.

thanks Dick, glad you enjoyed the views here.

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volley Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Springe Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,693	Timing worked out for you, I think you were quite lucky to this. Well captured Bob!

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Bob Harris Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Canon City, Colorado Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,477 Original Poster	Originally posted by hjoseph7 Nature is amazing... It really is, we just have to go outside and see what it gives us ---------- Post added 06-10-15 at 04:29 PM ---------- Originally posted by lesmore49 Very good pics and thanks for the info. I was not familiar with this plant. I've seen a couple other cacti similar to this, but the blooms were not as large. These are really big, too bad they don't last longer. ---------- Post added 06-10-15 at 04:30 PM ---------- Originally posted by volley Timing worked out for you, I think you were quite lucky to this. Well captured Bob! thanks Norbert, we'll go back to the campground next year and see if we can catch it in bloom again. It's good practice for night photography. ---------- Post added 06-10-15 at 04:32 PM ---------- Originally posted by daacon Wow that's a site to see for sure you are most fortunate great shots thanks buddy, we felt quite lucky to view and photograph. ---------- Post added 06-10-15 at 04:33 PM ---------- Originally posted by Kerrowdown A flower of beauty with a Cinderella like existence, well captured. great title for this beauty, the Cinderella Cacti. thanks so much. ---------- Post added 06-10-15 at 04:35 PM ---------- Originally posted by eaglem Great shots Bob and what an amazing flower. and it doesn't produce like your roses, this is only once a year to get the special blooms. ---------- Post added 06-10-15 at 04:37 PM ---------- Originally posted by waterfall What a show for you, and now for us. Thanks for sharing. thanks Dick, glad you enjoyed the views here.