BajaBlanca
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Pink queen of the night BLOOM
This is what I woke up to today!
First time ever for this plant. The fragrance is delightful. I don't know why but it is theoretically only supposed to open up at night and last
only one night, yet it was in full bloom first thing this morning and exquisitely gorgeous all day long.
[Edited on 6-1-2013 by BajaBlanca]
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get a q-tip and when a second one opens, dab the q tip in it and transfer pollen to the other(s). the fruit is delish....
mine grow like hell but never really flower....
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BajaBlanca
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This plant I thought was a QUEEN OF THE NIGHT, but it is all zig zaggy, so I have to double check. This one bloomed 2 years ago and then skipped last
year.
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they call them Dragon Fruit up here..... there are many varieties.
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Very pretty!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
This plant I thought was a QUEEN OF THE NIGHT, but it is all zig zaggy, so I have to double check. This one bloomed 2 years ago and then skipped last
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The Queen of the Night is gorgeous, I've never seen a red one. We have one of those zig zaggy ones,
and it's never bloomed in ten years.
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All of those are gorgeous!thank you for sharing.
The night blooming cereus that persisted into the day is a rare treat. Mine usually are closed by sunrise.
[Edited on 6-1-2013 by Whale-ista]
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Beautiful!
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Is this the same plant?
I have lots of these
Bob Durrell
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That flower looks remarkably similar but the branch doesn't at all.
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They are all in the epiphyllum family but with different growth patterns. The night-blooming cereus is a climber with tenacious arial roots that grab
on to any vertical surface. It's the one with the huge, white vanilla-scented blooms.
Here are more pics:
https://www.google.com/search?q=epiphyllum&rlz=1C1CHLB_e...
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SPECTACULAR!
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http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=60136#pid7244...
Ken and goldhuntress: have your plants bloomed this year?
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