Night Blooming Cereus
My night blooming cereus bloomed several times this year and I missed seeing the blooms. I have the plant in the front bedroom and keep the door closed there. Rusty likes to go in there and look out the window, which is fine, except that when he sees a dog outside, he gets excited and jumps around and knocks plants over. Therefore, I keep the door shut. Therefore, I didn't realize when the plant bloomed and only found out later when I saw the spent blooms.
This plant is very true to its name and blooms after dark. And, the bloom is spent by morning. It's really easy to miss seeing this plant's special blooms.
Earlier this week I saw that the plant had one more bud, and I hoped that I'd remember to look for it when it bloomed. I don't remember that it ever bloomed this late in the summer, but I was happy that I'd have one more chance to see this season's bloom. It bloomed last night and I almost missed it. But since I got up before sunrise this morning, it was still open most of the way. It is a beautiful flower. That's why I keep the plant!
Here's a link to a picture of the plant's bloom. http://rfovell.bol.ucla.edu/cereus.html
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