Last of the pictures for now

[Sylvia]

Hildewintera eos

Hildewintera prima prima

Hildewintera unknown

General view of Hildewinteras

[Stuart]

There's not many people growing columnar hybrids, maybe because they're not often seen in nurseries, in addition there's probably a few years between buying a named hybrid and waiting to see if you've bought the correct plant. I've only got a few that I've been given in the US and the flowers are large but not pretty like yours. You've clearly taken care to find the best looking plants and they're superb. Thanks for showing them here.

Stuart

[Herts Mike]

Indeed. Amazing display.

[el48tel]

Thanks for sharing .... and inspiring

[Sylvia]

Hi Stuart, I agree with what you say about the columnar Hildewinteras I have been growing them for sometime now and I still have a few that have not flowered as yet so I cannot check the authenticity of their names. I haven't bought any new ones for a while now as haven't seen any for sale. I have got a few columnar ones in my collection that are quite small and flowering this year. Of course there are a number that are branching and flower earlier I have these in hanging baskets or stand them on an upturned pot. The late Terry Smale a good friend of mine gave me some seed from crossings he had done and they have grown well they were all branching ones and I treasure them although the flowers don't differ much.

[edds]

There's not many people growing columnar hybrids, maybe because they're not often seen in nurseries, in addition there's probably a few years between buying a named hybrid and waiting to see if you've bought the correct plant. I've only got a few that I've been given in the US and the flowers are large but not pretty like yours. You've clearly taken care to find the best looking plants and they're superb. Thanks for showing them here.

Stuart

A perfect summary and I couldn't agree more!

Is the plant flowering behind 'Prima Prima' another Hildewintera or a Trichocereus hybrid?

[Sylvia]

It is another Hildewintera Stuart.

[ralphrmartin]

I find the few columnar Hildewinterias I have tend to grow more horizontally than vertically, which makes them take up a lot of space. The flowers are really worth it though!