Triffid

The flower on the old triffid, now in our downstairs front room where it catches the morning sun, continues to grow, with the flower bud looking to top the plant soon, but presently partially obscured by the leaf at 1100.

Will we have a flower for Christmas, to go with the Christmas cactus nicely in bud in the back extension? A Christmas cactus which seems to manage very well with very little direct light at all. Also known as Schlumbergera truncata, possibly some poor relation of the Schlumberger I used to know as an IT contractor - good but dear. Perhaps there were botanists in the family.

For some reason, it seems to be quite hard to take a picture of the triffid. Maybe it needs to be moved away from the window for the purpose, but that seems both a bit of a bother and a bit of a cheat.

Reference 1: http://psmv3.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/both-old-triffid-and-new-triffid-aka.html.

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