Night blooming Cereus is worth staying up way too late to sit and admire and
breathe in the amazing savor of this bloom!
I am losing my sense of smell but am so grateful this still can cause an aromatic thrill!
Look at this center!
The bloom looks delicate but it is a very large and substantial flower!
The center is 2" across!
The common name for this flower is Dutchman's Pipe because of the stem supporting the bloom-
This is what it looked like this morning--see the 'pipe'?
I knew tonight was THE night because of the exploding bloom.
This was the bloom last weekend so you can see how it has, well, blossomed in just a week!
Wow.....now that is one alien looking plant. Beautiful but so very mysterious!
ReplyDeleteThat is a fragrance like no other. Glad you caught it's brief visit.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea some flowers only bloomed at night. I wish your photos could transport the fragrance.
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing!
ReplyDeleteSuch exotic beauty! Some day I will watch one with you!
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