Thursday, August 28, 2008

Night Blooming Cereus....

Perfumes are the feelings of flowers. ~Heinrich Heine, The Hartz Journey


I have only in my life time been lucky enough to catch a Night Blooming Cereus bloom twice. I was so glad my neighbor Jean called me to say the neighbors was blooming on Tues evening...

So at 9:30 we ran down the street (well maybe we didn't RUN) to see it. It only blooms one night a year if you are lucky. They are so beautiful and smell even better, such a shame it only lasts one evening...

She left her front porch light on until midnight so anyone could come and see it...

Here are a few pictures...



Check out this link of one opening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbzi8XydHQc

This link has wonderful pictures: http://rfovell.bol.ucla.edu/Home.html

I wish you could smell this one...

I guess you will just have to pretend!!!

Have A Good One...

Lynn

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