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10/11/2005

 

Night Bloom
Originally uploaded by cobalt123.

Driving down the street near my home, saw these in the dark and squealed to a halt to hop out and try for the shot. NickFun set his headlights near as he could and I tried a number of shots with the cool night breeze constantly moving these delicate petals. It was a thrill to see these blooms in all their glory.

Night-Blooming Cereus
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and

night-bloom·ing cereus
n.
Any of various night-blooming cacti of the genera Hylocereus, Nyctocereus, Peniocereus, and Selenicereus, having large fragrant flowers.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_queen_of_the_night

BJ 10/11/2005 04:19:00 AM