Night Bloomer Macro is a photograph by Robert Bales which was uploaded on May 7th, 2019.
Night Bloomer Macro
We have been packing this cactus garden around for several years and finally, we have a beautiful bloom and this is a macro of it!... more
by Robert Bales
Title
Night Bloomer Macro
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
We have been packing this cactus garden around for several years and finally, we have a beautiful bloom and this is a macro of it!
One of the strangest plants of the desert, the night blooming cereus, is a member of the cactus family that resembles nothing more than a dead bush most of the year. It is rarely seen in the wild because of its inconspicuousness. But for one midsummer's night each year, its exquisitely scented flower opens as night falls, then closes forever with the first rays of the morning sun.
They are found on the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts of southern Arizona, east to western Texas and south to northern Mexico.
The flowers are very fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers, which bloom for only one night and they are up to 4 inches wide and as much as 8 inches long.
Echinopsis is a large genus of cacti native to South America, sometimes known as hedgehog cactus, sea-urchin cactus or Easter lily cactus. One small species, E. chamaecereus, is known as the peanut cactus. The 128 species range from large and treelike types to small globose cacti. The name derives from echinos hedgehog or sea urchin, and opsis appearance, a reference to these plants' dense coverings of spines.
Echinopsis is distinguished from Echinocactus by the length of the flower tube, from Cereus by the form and size of their stems, and from both in the position on the stem occupied by the flowers. They are remarkable for the great size, length of tube, and beauty of their flowers, which, borne upon generally small and dumpy stems, appear much larger and more attractive than would be expected.
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May 7th, 2019
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Comments (17)
Marian Bell
Love this night blooming cactus! Wonderful capture, Robert! You've had to be so attentive to see it bloom at all! Nice job! LF
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit.
Georgia Mizuleva
So wonderful.
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks, Georgia 11 I will be on and off the internet for 8 weeks while on our motorhome trip to Alaska.
Kay Novy
Just beautiful! L.F. and will chose it special pick in Jasna's Global Flowers Photography group.
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"