Night Blooming — But Cereusly, Folks
My Night Blooming Cereus, which has suddenly grown up, is going to put on a hell of a show this year. Multiple blooms, surely!
It’s gotten so leggy I can’t move it to the middle of the room for a viewing party this year or the delicate flowers can fall off, which I assure you is tragic. No one can come over to see it anyway — unless I set up some ridiculous one-way walk-through with floor arrows and a :15 timer (which I just might do). BUT: the window. Hmm. There’s a spot by the hydrangea for people to view NBC’s glory from outside, like a creature in a zoo. I can open a different window and, with a fan, blow the scent all over the neighborhood; its smell is half the fun. I’ll do a time-lapse for ya if the reflective glass allows a decent recording.
You can see the first year here, with some background info.
(The sad part is that any COVID shopper will understand “floor arrows.”)
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Posted on July 25, 2020, in ecology, Good News, humor, Mischief, personal, photos and tagged night blooming cereus, night blooming cereus 2020, night blooming flowers, plant that blooms one night. Bookmark the permalink. 5 Comments.
uppervalleygirl 
That’s crazy fun!
*Dear Ann: You have caught the NBC bug!!! Do you actually have buds on it now? How many? My NBC bloomed this year, in late June, but nothing since. AND, since I will be moving to Kendal (CCRC) in mid-October, I don’t think I will be taking it with me. You want the grandmother of yours? xoxox Jeannie*
The big giant one that was in your MIL apt.???
A wee bit of novelty (novel coronavirus aside) in these monotonous times.
Carry on NBC!
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