Four Fruit on Pilosocereus aff. flexibilispinus CS140
Pilosocereus aff. flexibilispinus yielded four hard-won, controlled pollination fruit this spring. I’ve cleaned and dried the third out four fruit and waiting for the last one to pop. This is the second of four harvested yesterday afternoon. I almost missed seeing it, with all of the work I had for the day.
This morning’s fruit, the third of four.
Last nigh’s bloom closed now for a few hours. I’m letting the rest of the buds open without pollination to continually monitor frequency of accidental pollination. Only had one open-pollination fruit, which I excised and discarded before it could grow, out of maybe 50 blooms this year so far.
jvfreeman
James V. Freeman is an established visual artist (oil painting) with a deep interest in natural history, plants and farming. He has had numerous solo shows, a solo museum show, an upcoming museum show and his work has been featured in many publications to date. He currently has a studio in Williston, Fl at the family farm and homestead, "Cactus Island", and as a farmer, specializes in growing columnar cacti of the Caribbean and Gulf countries as well as the aquatic Madegascar Lace Plant. James and his mom Sharon manage and develop the permaculture homestead.
