Pereskia Aculeata is for some one of the most difficult of the species to bloom. But when it does it can produce hundreds of flowers,as these photos demonstrate. The photos were taken at the Jardin Exotique de Monaco,a botanical garden dedicated to cacti and succulents.
http://www.phcog.net/phcogmag/issue11/10.pdf Evaluation of the antitumor activities and alkaloid profile in PERESKIA ACULEATA
"" Dear Dr SUTAR ,
Thanks a lot sending me the paper "Chemical composition and drying kinetic parameters of non-conventional leafy vegetable (Pereskia Aculeata Miller), presented in 16th International Drying Symposium , HYDERABAD,INDIA, NOVEMBER 2008.
After to read this paper,I concluded that this work is an IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION of Dr CRISTINA YOSHIE TAKEITI
(http://dgp.cnpq.br/buscaoperacional/detalhepesq.jsp?pesq=2731571246957085 Dra CRISTINA YOSHIE TAKEITI EMBRAPA BRASIL)
to hungry and undernourished people of the world (and to the rich too, that believed in Popeye) because of the excelent quality of nutrients(nutrition and health,you know) of this plant,its abundance and ZERO COST.
I hope reseachers of the Trd WORLD (poors countries,said OBAMA ) consider this and follows the clamour of Dr CRISTINA
"""P. aculeata is agriculturally, economically and technologically important as a non-conventional food source that can be studied more accurately."""
Thanks again Best regards Olete Maia Piracicaba SP ZERO HUNGER Brasil