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Queen of the Night Bloom cluster, Night-blooming Cereus, Deer-Horn Cactus, Peniocercus greggii. RARELY seen in the wild because they only bloom for a few hours one night a year, in June or July. The rest of the year they look like a dead bush. Found where desert soil is sandy and dry. Have large root tubers that taste like a potato. Used by Native Americans for food.

 

Behind Casa de Smiiff, NSPD, Marana, Arizona.

 

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Uploaded on March 1, 2023
Taken on June 26, 2022