Sunday, December 26, 2004

A midnight flower

When we finished our Christmas gathering around 2 AM, we were greeted with this extraordinary flower. It comes from a plant relative to the cacti family (I have not been able to check the real name yet but I am working on it). A huge white flower (12 inches?) blooms for only one night, fully opening at around midnight. And Christmas eve was the night!

What looks like leaves are not leaves, it is the plant itself.



1 comment:

  1. Jeff Tan9:07 AM

    NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS IS THE NAME YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. MY MOTHER PLANTED A NUMBER OF THIS PLANT AROUND THE HOUSE.

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