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Amazing Midnight Cereus Blooms!!!

By Lizette Fitzpatrick

Real Estate Broker/Owner with Lizette Realty - Richmond KY 205403

June 15, 2011 12:27 PM

Take a look at my Midnight Cereus! It blooms only at night around midnight. The bloom will wilt by sunrise unless it is overcast like it was this morning.

Snapped my lucky pic. It smells like a gardenia. The bloom is as large as your hand and the inside looks like a spider!

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Midnight Cereus

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Dave Gubler

Mission Viejo, Foothill Ranch, Lake Forest, Ladera Ranch - Lake Forest, CA

Realtor | Orange County

Wow! Quite simply gorgeous. Is there any particular reason it blooms only deep in the night? A bat for a pollinator perhaps?

Jun 15, 2011 12:30 PM

Lizette Fitzpatrick

Lizette Realty - Richmond KY - Lexington, KY

Lizette Realty, Lexington KY MLS - Kentucky Homes

It's really an odd plant. The bloom has a mind of it's own! haha

Jun 15, 2011 12:31 PM

Colette Gray

Helping seniors age in place everywhere in California, Arizona, NV, Washington, Oregon - Redondo Beach, CA

Senior Loan Officer, HomeSafe Reverse Mortgages

Hi Lizette,

I just noticed your cereus blossom. When I lived in the desert in San Diego county I had one of these growing in my front yard. People would follow their noses from up to 1/4 mile away. It took me a long to figure out what it was because, as you know, the blossoms close up as soon as the sun comes up.

You're lucky to be in horse country in KY. I hear Kentucky is a great state to retire in!

Jun 15, 2011 12:33 PM

Kathy Kenney

Keller Williams, Princeton, NJ - Robbinsville, NJ

Realtor - Princeton & Central NJ Homes for Sale

Gorgeous! I love "different" plants and flowers. This one is very unique, I can smell it all the way here in NJ!

Jun 15, 2011 12:44 PM

Eric Crane -- Your Full Service, Discount Fee Realtor®

DPR Realty LLC - Gilbert, AZ

Greater Metro Phoenix Arizona

Hi, Lizette -- what a great photo -- and interesting that it blooms when other plants (and the people who admire them!) are asleep

Jun 15, 2011 12:49 PM

Gary Woltal

Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX

Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

A stunning flower you have there Lizette and what timing on your part too. Thanks for sharing. Like Gardenia. Wow very nice fragrance.

Jun 15, 2011 12:53 PM

Jeff Pearl

RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA

Full Service Full Time Realtor

Lizette, Interesting and very beautiful bloom! Nice quality photograpgh. Thanks for sharing...

Jun 15, 2011 01:35 PM

This pic was taken with my iPhone. It always suprises me how well they turn out!

Jun 15, 2011 01:58 PM

Russell Lewis

Realty Austin, Austin Texas Real Estate - Austin, TX

Broker,CLHMS,GRI

Absolutely beautiful and all the more remarkable because the picture was taken with your iphone! Incredible!

Jun 15, 2011 03:11 PM

Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD

Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Such a spectacular capture and fascinating that it only blooms at night. That iPhone and you did a great job. Thnaks for sharing,

Margaret

Jun 15, 2011 03:44 PM

Sidney Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula

Realty Works Temecula - Temecula, CA

Realty Works Temecula

Lizette: Amazing that you took that beautiful pic with your iphone!!!

Jun 15, 2011 04:46 PM

Charles Buell

Charles Buell Inspections Inc. - Seattle, WA

Seattle Home Inspector

Lizette, you are so lucky! Looks like mine is going to stay blossomless again this year.

Jun 15, 2011 05:40 PM

Leilani Souza CRS e-PRO TRC (Granite Bay CA) 916-408-5500 leilani@souzarealty.com

Souza Realty/Roseville-Rocklin-Lincoln-Loomis-Granite Bay-CA - Granite Bay, CA

Lizette, the beauty of this midnight cereus is absolutely STUNNING! I love exotic-looking flowers like this...and the fact that it smells like gardenia makes me love it even more! I'm going to re-blog this. :)

Jun 15, 2011 05:52 PM

Michelle Gibson

Hansen Real Estate Group Inc. - Wellington, FL

REALTOR

Lizette - What an amazing flower, it's just gorgeous and I've never seen one before. Great pic!

Jun 16, 2011 04:58 AM

Charles, I remember you said not to re-pot it...so I did anyway! LOL That was last year and it had lots of blooms.

Jun 16, 2011 06:20 AM

Wayne Johnson

Coldwell Banker D'Ann Harper REALTORS® - San Antonio, TX

San Antonio REALTOR, San Antonio Homes For Sale

Now that's a unique plant. Nature is awesome.

Jun 18, 2011 02:51 PM

Teri Eckholm

Boardman Realty - White Bear Lake, MN

REALTOR Serving Mpls/St Paul North & East Metro

Lizette--That is a very cool flower...grown by a very cool gardener! 8-)

Jun 18, 2011 03:04 PM

Tammy Lankford,

Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA

Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

I need to plant some of those next to my 4 o'clocks and morning glory. I've be blooming 'round the clock.

Jun 19, 2011 03:55 PM

Amazing Midnight Cereus Blooms!!!

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