Cactus Bloom 2024

Our porch cactus bloomed this week and we were here to experience it. The blooming this year was unusual in that there were three flowers. In years past it was usually one flower and then there were a couple of years when there were two blooms. This was the first time there were three. Unfortunately only two completely bloomed for their one night flower.

I may have damaged one of them when I picked up the cactus pot to show the three potential blooms to the kids down the street. They were very excited as were a few other neighbors too. Olivia shouted "Mom, how come we don't have a cactus?" The third flower never bloomed. 

That was Thursday afternoon and the cactus looked ready to bloom which of course it did that night. On Friday morning the blooms still looked great but as the day went on the flowers started drooping. On Saturday they were all depleted and sad. All gone. I took the last picture today and later we will probably take off the used up blooms.

Our porch cactus history of one night blooms

• 2018 - first bloom, one flower, mid July
• 2019 - out of town and missed the bloom, mid July
• 2020 - one flower, mid July
• 2021 - one flower, mid August
• 2022 - one flower, mid July, out of town and missed it
• 2022 - two flowers, early September, first time two blooms in one year
• 2023 - out of town and missed the bloom, mid July
• 2024 - three flowers, mid July