Cactus Flower Is Blooming

Only two nights and three days, that is the period of the cactus flower lasted.

It was so beautiful and temporary that we could not waste any time for seeing it.

I cannot guess when next new flower will bloom, one year later, two years, five years, nobody knows.

Cactus Flower Is Growing

We have been taking care of cactus for more than ten years, though they had flowers only twice about six or seven years ago.

Finally, the flower came to my home cactus last week. 

A bud grew bigger and bigger every day, taking almost a whole week to be a pale pink colored long shaped bud.

All photos of today's post were taken by my wife, Kiyono using her smartphone.

I Go to Tsukuba Botanical Garden #2

Since I live in a high-rise condominium, the number of flowers and plants, I can keep at home, is limited.

So, visiting botanical gardens is always great fun for me.

Most of national botanical gardens are admission free on May 4th, national holiday, Greenery Day.

The day is the best choice to visit botanical gardens.

Roses and Cactuses

   Japan is now in the middle of the rainy season. We have three or four rainy days in a week these days.

I went to a botanical garden with my wife on Sunday last week.

I took pictures of roses in the rain and huge cactuses in the glasshouse.

Cactus Flowers Bloom

The cactus at home had two buds a couple weeks ago for the first time since I bought it several years ago.

The buds became bigger and bigger everyday.

A few days before blooming, the color of the buds slightly turned pink.

Finally, it bloomed last week.

The flowers were unbelievably beautiful; the flowers kept their shape only two days, after that they withered.

Hibiscus Flower Blooms

It becomes warmer day by day in my city Utsunomiya.

One bud of hibiscus flower at home beautifully bloomed today.

The size of cactus has become almost twice as large as it was two months ago; it also added three new branches.

I'm happy to have spring days in my town.