Mom's Night Blooming Cereus is blooming again ... and not just one or two blooms but eight or nine (they're partially hidden among foliage and I'm not sure of the total number). Last night about half opened.
For a plant that Mom said was supposed to bloom once a decade, this plant has been cranking out flowers in recent year. The last time was 09-15-21 and it that was the second blooming cycle last year; it also bloomed on 07-19-21.
This plant dates back to the 1920's at her parents home in Miamisburg. I doubt it's the same plant - though it could be.
I first noticed tiny buds sprouting on 05-17-22, There were, of course, too many for the leaves to support so many aborted. When they are scheduled to abort the tiny bud grows redder and begins to shrink. I know then that it will soon fall off.
By 06-04-22 the buds looked like this. That's just 18 days growing time.
And this is a day later - 06-05-22 (this is not the same bud however).
So, more to go tonight. I'm surprised any of them waited even one additional day but we'll have another exciting evening when the sun sets.
Aftermath:
And a promise for tonight:
And a wider view on 06-07-22 as the blooming cycle ends:
You have a way with plants evidently. My mother had a NBC. It bloomed around 8 pm. Just one flower. They are lovely. 😍
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