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Figarosmom

(8,951 posts)
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 08:55 PM Sep 26

Can you imagine, nuturing this plsnt and then falling asleep when it finally blooms?

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Can you imagine, nuturing this plsnt and then falling asleep when it finally blooms? (Original Post) Figarosmom Sep 26 OP
A friend has a similar plant, a night-blooming cereus, also called Queen of the Night. Ocelot II Sep 26 #1
It would be worth it ...nt Figarosmom Sep 26 #2
I thought it was a different night blooming flower so I looked it up, and found... electric_blue68 Sep 26 #3

Ocelot II

(127,581 posts)
1. A friend has a similar plant, a night-blooming cereus, also called Queen of the Night.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 09:30 PM
Sep 26

It blooms only once a year, late at night, pollinated by moths, so we watch for it every night when it looks like it's about to pop. It's a big flower, very aromatic, worth the wait just to smell it. It's native to Mexico (not Minnesota) so it has to spend its winters inside. This year it was kind of a dud, just bloomed about halfway because its chosen night was cold and rainy. But here's a picture from last year:

electric_blue68

(24,144 posts)
3. I thought it was a different night blooming flower so I looked it up, and found...
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 10:42 PM
Sep 26

a nice slow-motion vid of 3 buds blooming. Very pretty. 👍

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