Queen of the Night in all her Glory

nachtkrabb · Post by **nachtkrabb** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:22 pm

Hi folks,
some days ago I annonced a small bud on my Queen of the Night. She's a S. grandiflorus donkelaari. A nice friend of mine gave me a cutling he brought from Mexico from the beach, where she grew wild. So it was his task to discover the bud on June 1st.

Here is a picture of the overall plant, she really is quite young, I got her July four years ago.

From 23rd to 26th I was away. When I came back, the bud was grown.

You never know when she really starts of the firework. Well, the 29th was a hot and humid day. I should have sung with the Beatles:
"It was a hard days night, I've been working like a dog.
It was a hard days night, I should be sleeping like a log.
But when I come home to you, I find the things that you do
will make me feel all right. "
Because this is what I saw.

I am just sorry that I missed the opening. I love flowers especially when they are half open. But who can really complain when a Selenicereus flowers...?!

Of course, the next morning the show was over.

Isn't it wonderful? I am simply grateful and happy and content.
Ruth

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:29 pm

WooHoo, thats a pretty flower Ruth

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:31 pm

She's beautiful Ruth!

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:48 pm

Congrats Ruth you did very wel
It is a beaut!!
Harry, who just felt of his chair by the lack of sleep.

Ocotillo · Post by **Ocotillo** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:27 am

Wow Ruth. That looks like it was worth waiting for. --Very nice!

hegar · Post by **hegar** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:45 am

Hello Ruth,
it is amazing that such a thin-stemmed cactus produces such a huge flower! Is this cactus a climber? It looks like it is twining itself all over your room.
Nice blossom!

Harald

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:14 am

Beautiful Flowers, and cool how you let it grow.

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:19 am

Absolutely fabulous Ruth! I do like the thin stem of this beauty!

CP

john b · Post by **john b** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:51 pm

cool!

Post by **daiv** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:46 pm

Ruth,
I'm so glad that you didn't miss the flower! That would have been simply heat-breaking!

You didn't mention scent - it should have smelled as good as it looked!

Daiv

nachtkrabb · Post by **nachtkrabb** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:25 pm

Hallo, Harald,
the cacs is a professional climber. When it was very small, I gave it a small framework or scaffold (whatever word you use: I just looked it up in the dictionary). Immediately it seized its new toy. Half a year later, I gave it a bigger pot and a bigger framework. It uses its liberty and tries to find more possibilities to climb, e.g. in the neighboring Hibiscus.
By origin, its predecessors were climbing in the trees and crawling on the beach.
Ruth

Harriet · Post by **Harriet** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:51 pm

nachtkrabb wrote: When it was very small, I gave it a small framework or scaffold (whatever word you use: I just looked it up in the dictionary).

I wish I could claim a second language as well as you have. For what's it's worth, the framework is a "trellis".

No matter what it is growing on, it's a very nice plant.

peter · Post by **peter** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:34 pm

Congrats Ruth, nice show!

julie · Post by **julie** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:31 pm

What a beautiful flower - it must have been wonderful to experience

Bill in SC · Post by **Bill in SC** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:18 pm

VERY cool, Ruth!

Bill in SC