I think, I am of a few lucky one having this plant at home.
I still remember when my cousin brought this young small plant to me from out of nowhere and said ” grow this plant in a pot, it is a beautiful flowering plant”. It looked so ugly but unique with many spines along its stem. Finally I did place it in a pot. A half of a year later the plant had grown up well in the pot with less water then one day it was blooming beautifully.
Rose Cactus is the Pereskia Grandifolia, the name I found at wikipedia and some of other websites after a long search. It was absolutely hard work in searching information about this plant. It took so many days to google by describing it appearance as I started with what it looked like. Now I am quite happy with it. 🙂
How it looks like when first time flowering in November 2012
I wonder how this kind of plant came to my place from such far distance. The Northeastern Brazil, Restingas is a small ecosystem of a coastal forest in the northeastern Brazil whose flora is mostly derived from the Atlantic forest of eastern Brazil. I am proud of having the Rose Cactus since I knew it is rarely found here in the country.
Saya masih ingat ketika sepupu saya membawa tanaman kecil muda ini kepada saya entah dari mana dan ia berkata “tanamlah tanaman ini dalam pot, itu adalah tanaman berbunga indah“. Tanaman yang tampak begitu jelek tapi unik dengan banyak duri di sepanjang batangnya. Akhirnya saya tempatkan dalam pot. Setengah tahun kemudian tanaman itu tumbuh dengan baik dalam pot dengan sedikit air kemudian suatu hari ia berbunga dengan indahnya.
Rose Cactus adalah grandifolia Pereskia, nama yang saya temukan di wikipedia dan beberapa situs-situs lain setelah pencarian yang lama. Itu benar-benar bekerja keras dalam mencari informasi tentang tanaman ini. Butuh waktu beberapa hari untuk google dengan cara mendeskripsikan penampilannya yang saya mulai dengan seperti apa yang nampak. Sekarang saya cukup senang dengan itu. 🙂
Aku bertanya-tanya bagaimana tanaman ini datang ke tempat saya dari jarak yang sangat jauh. Bagian Timurlaut Brazil Restingas merupakan ekosistem kecil dari hutan pantai di timur-laut Brazil yang floranya sebagian besar berasal dari hutan Atlantik di Brasil timur. Saya bangga memiliki Rose Cactus karena saya tahutanaman ini jarang ditemukan di negeri ini.
Reblogged this on bearspawprint.
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Thank you very much for re-blogging this post, my bear. Best wishes 🙂
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Ini benar-benar mengagumkan, tanaman yang langka dan sangat indah
Bisa jadi inspirasi untuk dibudidayakan di Indonesia.
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Aku sempat berfikir demikian Mas. Sekarang tanaman ini sudah lebih dari satu meter tingginya dan sudah pindah ke tanah. Pada musim hujan pertumbuhannya agak tersendat, mungkin karena terlalu basah. Thank you for sharing your thought. very much appreciated. 🙂
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Thanks for sharing. I love your flowers.
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Thank you so much. I am delighted that you enjoy them
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congratulations on growing such a beautiful flower Muhammad…you are fortunate your cousin gave it to you!
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Thank you, Heather. Yes, I think I am so lucky. I have checked such of this plant at many nurseries they don’t have any.
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Very lucky with this beauty exemplar ….THE light…..very hard is in THE middel of THE day???
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Yes it was in the midday, Massi. I took these picture with a SONY handy cam HDR-CX12E. Thank you very much, you always make my day brighter. 🙂
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It is beautiful indeed.
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Thank you, Gallivanta. I love the colors of this flowers, soft and delicate pink. 🙂
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Beautiful flowers… !!
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Hi Mas Bams, maaf ya saya baru bisa balas nih. It is. Thank you for everything 🙂
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I’ve certainly never seen it, or heard of it. I know what a challenge it can be to search for a plant on the internet, and how rewarding it is when you find it – I think we are very similar in some ways, my friend.
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That was true, Blue. I was asking many many online ornamental plants shops too, but unfortunately they didn’t know it.
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Pereskianya bagus Pak Muh. Baru tahu ada Pereskia warna pink begini. Aku punya warnanya oranye. Anyway, kalau terlalu basah memang pertumbuhannya agak terhambat, Pak. Tanaman ini haus akan sinar matahari.
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Oh ya ?. Mas Chris perbanykn tnaman ini giman ya? di stek ? kita tukeran yuuk? …
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Betul, Pak. Perbanyakan aku lakukan dengan stek karena keluarga kaktus perbanyakan relatif mudah dengan stek. Boleh saja kalau mau tukeran. Week-end ini aku akan stek lagi, aku siapkan buat Pak Muh. Nanti kalau sudah segar aku kontak Pak Muh, kalau perlu aku antar, sekalian aku main ke tempat Pak Muh ya.
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Ah,… Senang sekali mendengarnya, Mas Chris. Saya sedang mencoba untuk perbanyak dengan kelopak bunganya (sepal). kayaknya akan jadi tumbuh juga tuh.
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Beautiful picture, thanks for sharing with us.
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You are most welcome, Sir. I am so glad that you enjoyed this post. Best wishes.
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Excellent capture of its’ beautiful bloom. We call this plant in Florida – the Desert Rose. It’s because the stem look so dry and lifeless then a rose or a few roses appear. Lovely …!!!!
I grow orchids. I’ve added a post of one that was at the end of its life and below how is looked in the beginning. I think flowers teach us aboout life.
Thanks for stopping by my blog and “like” my post.
Isadora
http://insidethemindofisadora.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/wilted flowers/
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Very interesting discussion, Isadora. I will see your post right away. :-). I have post the Desert Rose according to my version. here is the link : https://pleisbilongtumi.wordpress.com/category/nature-wild-life/page/3/ Thank you so much for your wonderful thought. Best wishes.
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Masih ada kah bunganya, mba?
Rose cactus pink nya…
Saya mau..klo boleh dibeli steknya
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Masih mbak Tina, Whatsapp saja saya (tapi bukan mbak ya) +6282298093666. Makaasih.
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