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Grandma Pearl Bales' Queen bloomed. That's her photo at the top with her Queen, circa 1960s.
The Queen of the Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) is a species of epiphyte and one of the most cultivated species in the genus. The Queen can be kept as a large house plant, inside in winter and out-of-doors in summer. She generally blooms yearly but only at night, and her flowers wilt before dawn. Sometimes referred to as a night-blooming cereus, this one is a direct descendent of my Grandma Pearl Bales’ plant.
The two blooms were completely open by 10 p.m. but by 4 a.m. the Queen's time in her courtyard in full bloom royal regalia was beginning to end. And her admirer went to bed.
And for those on the go, a gram in an Instant.
Click: Stephen Lyn: Instagram
Author of Natural Histories, Ghost Birds and Ephemeral by Nature all published by the University of Tennessee Press.
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