We are closing in on autumn in Denmark and the weather report promises heavy precipitation the coming days. Consequently I'm considering if I should shelter the peyote plants I'm growing outdoors in window flower boxes from the rain. Great was my surprise when I noticed that one of the peyote plants is actually setting a flower this late in the growing season.
Late-flowering peyote cactus
I doubt this flower will ever unfold - the weather is overcast tomorrow and after that it rains for a week - so I snapped the above picture showing the budding plant basking in the last rays of sun.
... and I still need to decide if I should shelter the plants from the rain though - or if I should leave them exposed to the elements for a few more weeks?
Flora del Río Cenepa, Amazonas, Perú / v. 114 pt. 2 2010 (added:
02/26/2024)
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*By:*
Rojas Gonzáles, Rocío.
Vásquez, Rodolfo
Werff, Henk van der,1946-
*Publication Info:*
St. Louis, Mo. :Missouri Botanical Garden Press ;c2010.
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