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4:26 A.M.
Grandma Pearl's Queen of the Night waited to the last minute, just before the weather changed and the cold rushed into the valley, to bloom one more time this season. (More on this later.)
Epiphyllum oxypetalum or queen of the night is a species of cactus and one of the most cultivated species in the genus. The Queen blooms rarely and only at night, and its flowers wilt before dawn. Though it is sometimes referred to as a night-blooming cereus, it is not closely related to any of the species in the tribe Cereeae, such as Selenicereus, that are more commonly known as night-blooming cereus. All Cereus species bloom at night and are terrestrial plants; all Epiphyllum species are usually epiphytic, they grow on trees. (Wiki)
My plants are direct descendents of the plants grown by my Grandmother: Pearl Ogle Bales of Gatlinburg.
Photo taken at 4:26 A.M. October 31.
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