Re: night blooming cereus

Marge!  It's spectacular - well done woman!!  My, my, my.

:-D

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 04:07:26 -0400

>Well, gang, my night blooming cereus has amazed me by producing 4
>flowers open tonight - 2 last night.  Never done this before - think
>it liked all the rain this summer.  I know some people get 20 blooms
>or more on their plants, but mine has never, in all the years I've
>had it - like well over 20- had more than 3 at a time and never a 2nd
>flush - it had put out 1 a few weeks ago that I missed completely.  I
>was moaning about this when a friend offered to come help me repot it
>and I discovered 7 buds on it!  Some nocturnal visitor knocked 1 of
>those off, but left me with 6...I've been watching them like a
>hawk...
>
>Sooo...took self out in the dark with my digi cam (which I've never
>used at night before) and got some pix.
>
>If you want to see.....go here:
>
>http://www.mtalt.hort.net/cereus/night-bloom-cereus.html
>
>How such a gangly awkward ugly duckling of a plant can produce such a
>lovely flower is beyond me..and the scent is heavenly, too.
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>mtalt@hort.net
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A



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