My night blooming Desert Orchid bloomed!

jackiomy

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What can I say. These are the most amazing plants I have ever seen. It is planted in a large plastic flower pot in my patio. It started out as 2 branches and has quickly taken over my lattice. They are a kind of succulent that blooms at night and last only one night. As soon as the sun touches them the next morning the blooms close up and die. The first pics are last evening as the sun was setting, then the pics are through the night and then the next morning as the sun came up. It is amazing to me that a plant can be so specific in it's life. I am guessing that either bats or moths pollinate it when it is in the desert where it came from. I hope you enjoy them.

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I love those plants there amazing there all over Hawaii very nice pics to by the way
 
Awesome! I bet they smell nice too :D
 
I have never seen one so healthy!

Have heard this plant called "night blooming cereus". One of those plants that is traded between close friends and relatives here in the south. A buddy of mine timed his perfectly every year and had a fancy drink party to celebrate the occasion. I put mine outside this year and it looks like a sick worm compared to yours!
 
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