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When I moved here about a year ago I found my first Queen of The Night cactus on the property the day before it bloomed. Since then I have found 10 Queens. Last week I had approximately 17 blooms. Several of the Queens did not bloom and one plant had 6 flowers. One Queen bloomed prematurely several weeks ago with 3 flowers. I had one plant that bloomed a day later than the others. To my surprise, the last two plants I found was on the first bloom night. One of them had 3 buds and the other was hiding in the same creosote bush without any sign of buds.
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Queen of the Night (peniocereus greggii) is a fascinating plant with fragrant and spectacular nocturnal blooms. The night blooming cereus is a member of the cactus family that resembles nothing more than a dead 1/2 inch diameter dull green-grey stem most of the year. Its height can be from 1 foot to 8 feet high. It is rarely seen in the wild because it is inconspicuousness as it dwells in the shade of creosote shrub, palo verde or mesquite tree. The shelter plant not only conceals the cactus but it increases the water availability in the summer and protects it from the winter frost. The shelter plant also provides a place for the branches to rest upon as it continues to grow.
When the summer heat begins, small flower buds begin to appear on the stem of the cactus. For many weeks the buds start and stop growth as they develop. The exact night the flowers will bloom is uncertain and unpredictable. One night each year the magic happens. Simultaneously at sunset, all of the buds begin to open in masses on the same night. The cactus cannot self-pollinate, the plants must bloom on the same evening to ensure pollination, usually by hawk moths. The more blooms that are open, the greater the chance of pollination. Experts have been studying the Queens for many years. Best guess is that there is some type of chemical communication among cactus to trigger the blooms to open.
As morning light approaches, the flowers start to wilt. Within a few hours of sunrise the flowers close never to open again.
It was cold outside with temperature around freezing. I mounted my wife's Nikon D60 on tripod and tookt a few close-up images of the plant at home. The plant grew buds on the new stem with the size of 2-3 mm each. In the centre of each buds, it secrets clear fluid (syrup). If you zooms in, it looks like a happy face....... Happy Christmas to everyone!
Taken with an Olympus Trip 35 camera in week 121 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
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The film was Kodak ColorPlus ISO200, developed at home in the Tetenal C41 kit.
Photograph of a Hydrangea with its budding flowers and a bee atop. Taken in Greenwich Park, South London
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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
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Karlsplatz, Freiburg. I had to crop this shot as there was something very light in the background that was distracting. Not very happy with the overall proportions, but I love the colours and detail. Cropped and sharpened, but otherwise au naturel.
i gave all my heart to you
and you threw it away
hate is budding
and need you back to weed
＊shot in 2007/05,lomo LC-a
I came to realize, to get interesting subjects, I dont need to roam around. There are lots and lots of things inside my place where I can put my focus on. Best viewed on black
Taken at the Kasteeltuinen Arcen in The Netherlands.
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