Epiphyllum in the Locust Tree

A very mature Epiphyllum in the canopy of the Locust tree in the courtyard just before it was to bloom...this one blooms at night & will last in to the morning then fades.....so you've got to catch it when it's ready! I did! after many tries....

now some close ups of the buds ....

the night they bloomed...

early morning with the blooms still fully open..wow!

early morningEpiphyllum, according to the Wikipedia, has 2 synonyms: Phyllocactus and Phyllocereus. It blooms only at night with large fragrant flowers of many colors... Epiphyllum species are added to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca.  Here again, Dad was cultavating a plant with useable properties....

Buzzy Bee!

here are some pics that I thought you'd enjoy!  

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Flanders Fig

wish all the trees had lables...Dad knew them all....can you taste it?  Yummy!!

What's Blooming!

Tipu, Lippia, & fruit....

Up close, Tipuwana tipu Tipu  blossoms... when they all fall it is like golden rain and just beautiful!

Tipu canapy in bloom

Tipu blossoms on the way back patio ....

the apples starting to look like the real thing...

This Pomegranate was planted from seeds brought from Saudi Arabia by John’s brother Nick, said to be “the best in the world.” they are really comming along....

a HoT pepper that is Perennial here on the Farm

This is a Lippia sp., Verbenaceae also considered to be in the Vervain family. I just noticed it here on the farm when it began to bloom, a small clump of up rite spikes with sweet tiny clusters of light lavender flowers... then i noticed it in Oscar Clarke's yard soon after while pulling into his driveway for a visit...when we began to compare notes he told me that he acquired it from John many year ago. It is a tropical plant (noda) and is being sold at the UCR Botanic gardens as ‘Lippia-Oscar Clarke’ because no one had been able to identify it fully...The specimen in Oscar's yard is very large with lovely small lavender flowers& long arching branches… we still have not been able to identify it fully ...soon we hope, so that the proper name will be attached to the one's that gardener's purchase at the UCR Botanic Garden plant sales.

Fruit and Blooms!

a nice yield of apricots

Back pond water lily's and water Hyacinths

glad that the bees still populate the Farm!