The rain finally stopped and out came the sun and so my desert rose.
Tony
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desert rose song by sting also rings a bell. The music video was shot in las vegas. But sadly, the desert rose cannot be grown outdoors, as it gets too cold here.
intriguingly, while i cannot successfully grow it in las vegas, i raised several of these outdoors in wet and humid philippines.
one of the few native plants from the middle east which could actually be grown outdoors and year-round in the tropics.
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Gosh, that is just gorgeous, Tony. Thanks for sharing 
Tony,
You are so green thumb. I can be green thumb with outdoor plants. I’ve killed quite a few indoor plants. My banana plants look bad during the winter indoors.
Your desert rose is beautiful.
Very pretty flowers , Tony
Tony,
Your desert rose looks beautiful. Like mammuang, I’m not very green thumb with indoor plants.
I have one but grew leggy after 5 years with very little foliage on tops so I just chopped it down last week and trying to re-graft it per youtube videos. It’s currently in the IC unit, not ready for visitor yet!
Tom
Tom
2 yrs ago my in laws wanted one. I went to Walmart and bought one with 4 branches on top. I then cleft grafted the 3 that I got to the 3 branches and now their Desert Rose with multi colors looks better than mine. Lol. You can multi graft yours too. I water them once a week with Miracle gro liquid drops that I mixed in a gallon of water. They just needed lots of sunshine by the West facing windows.
Tony
Tom
I thought you may like my epiphyllum flowers. They only blooms once a year but sure are beautiful. Lots of my friends asked for a leaf to start a new plant for themselves. I told them just get a nice pot with good potting soils and stick the leaf in about 4 inches deep and they will grow.
Tony
Ha!
Tony,
We have quite similar stuff! I have that too! But again, I don’t have a very green thumb! For a few times that my epiphyllum flowers, it does not look as pretty as yours! I have this epiphyllum for like over 10 years but it flowered for me like 3 times! You got to teach me how to make them flower more often!
Here’re my “Desert Rose” and the epiphyllum! None in good shape but I never give up!
Tom
Tony, that is simply magnificent! Beautiful.
Tom
This is what I feed both the Desert Rose and Epiphyllum. I used 10 drops per Quart of water. I water them once a week. The Epiphyllum likes partial shade and not full sun. Too much sun will burn its leaves.
Tony
Tony that is truly beautiful.
Tony,
I think I did the exact opposite! I kept the desert rose in door due to its vibrant flower color and put the Epiphyllum outside but none ever get fertilizer! And I didn’t bother to research or ask questions!
So how do you get the Epiphyllum to flower? If I remembered correctly, I think the flower pedals of mine is all same shape, like a sword, not round pedals like yours.
Tom
Tony, I grow Epiphyllum as well. Yours is very beautiful!
Tom
There are lots of different varieties. Mine is real lengthy that I had to anchor to the 5-6 feet green plastic rods from Home Depot. I Had to prune off all the high branches every summer or else they would grow to over nine feet tall. They really like the partial shade and the liquid Miracle-gro. I bought a red variety last year and hopefully it will flower soon.
IL847
Is your as tall as mine?
Tony
Tony,
From the picture link above, I found one that looks like what my Epiphyllum produced when it felt like!
So you put it in the partial shade, water it with liquid Miracle-gro and flowers would come?
I think I’ve been abusing my plants for the longest of time!!!
Tom
Tony, I put mine in warm basement during the winter time, The main stem can grow quite long. Mine has fragrance/scent when it blooms.
Tom, Epiphyllum like to have tight feet. When it is pot bond, it will start to bloom.