Last Sunday morning I got up early and headed to the Desert Botanical Garden for the 7:00 AM members only hour. The woman who checked me in said be sure to go to the Argentinian Giant cactus patch first thing because they bloomed the night before.
As I rounded the corner in that direction, I could see a gaggle (is that the right word?) of photographers gathered around. Luckily there was plenty of room to join the group and start snapping photos. There were around 10 blooms in all and about twice that in buds to bloom the next night.
These huge blooms are certainly the stars of the cactus flower world!
11 comments:
That is worth for to get up so early! What a beautiful flowers they have. Never seen before.
How lucky were you to see this beauty, Sharon! That is awfully early in the day to be out and about though!
Beautiful! Do they only bloom a single night?
Glorious!
Steve...yes they bloom at night and only last a few hours after the sun comes up. Isn't that a shame?
Oh wow! Do they let members take photos at night Sharon? Do these exotic blooms have a perfume?
Wow, it's gorgeous!
Grace...yes, members can visit at night to take photos and I haven't noticed any perfume on them. But, the bees love them.
These are my absolute favorite flowers! Beautiful photos!
Wow, beautiful!
You wouldn't think something so thorny could be so beautiful.
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