I had no idea when I was given 2 of these cactus (I now have over 8) that their flowers were so wonderful and mysterious.
They only flower at night and the flowers are up to 9 inches across.
Bright white to ivory, large "feather like" petals with a wonderful yellow interior.
They are fully opened around 10 pm and are are closing by 7am.
They rely on moths and night flying insects for pollination although they do attract bees in the early morning..tonight I have 4 blossoms coming out and will post more photos later..just posted the 4 flowers from Aug 14th night....
I appreciate that my blog is read on every continent, and some of you do not have the luck to have these beautiful cactus, so enjoy ...from me to you
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| it begins to open around dusk |
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| 10pm fully opened |
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| the center |
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| 2pm the following day..almost closed up, it will later drop off without flowering again |
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| the 4 larger buds will open tonight |
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flower bud close-up      |
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