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Bishop's Cap Cactus

Astrophytum myriostigma

Description:

Also known as Bishop's Hat or Bishop's Miter Cactus.

Habitat:

Garden

Notes:

This flower opened this morning, not sure how long it will last, it is the first flower for this plant.

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9 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

This is also look alike... Monk's Hood Cactus (Astrophytum ornatum)

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

That flower has an inner glow that is wonderful!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

We have its relative in India...
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/sl...

Ashish, it closes and sleeps at night, opening again in the morning, so definitely a Day flower. Stavros, thanks for the ID, I will check it out.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Night Flower..?

StavrosApostolou
StavrosApostolou 11 years ago

Beautiful!!!
Astrophytum myriostigma

I have added three more pictures to show the life of the flower on the second day.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Good exposure..

It closed the same evening and opened again the following morning, closed in the evening and had died the following morning. So it appears they open for two days only and close at night. Four more flower stems are growing.

Llíria, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Spotted on May 3, 2011
Submitted on May 3, 2011

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