Digital Gardening

Other than constant watering, who's playing in the garden in this summer heat? NOT ME! If you need a "flower fix", this is a good place to find it!

Use our blog to brag on your blooms (or at least the ones you had in cooler weather) by posting photos and comments. Ask questions of your fellow club members and share tips. You don't have to limit it to Daylilies...most of us garden addicts grow lots of other things as well. Between us all we have literally hundreds of years of experience (well, it's true). Let's take advantage of that and share our passion here. Most importantly, have fun!

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Night Blooming Cereus


I was very excited to see my Night Blooming Cereus perform for the first time last week. I've kept it in the greenhouse and just happened to notice the buds that appeared seemingly overnight! So I wagged the whole thing into the house, popped some popcorn and watched the show. The buds slowly bloomed from 9 PM to about midnight. When fully opened, the flowers were about 8" in diameter (including the tendrils on the back). They smelled heavenly but by morning they had closed. - Donah





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2 comments:

Eddie Raye Andrews said...

This idea of the popcorn and watching the show reminds me of "Dennis the Menace" movie in which everyone was over to see this plant that only blooms once in a "blue" moon.

ER

June 19, 2008 at 5:36 PM
adimp said...

very nicely grown night blooming cereus!!! it does bloom several times a year. i don't know its flowering cycle. does anyone have any idea?? i will try to read up on it. i think this is in the same family as the epiphylums. i have a red version and the bloom stays more than a few hours, say like 2 to 3 days. i will post a picture next time it blooms. thanks for sharing your photos

adimp

June 20, 2008 at 6:34 PM

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