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Epiphyllum ‘Queen of the Night’

DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
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Some years ago a friend in Cornwall gave us a cutting from her Epiphyllum oxypetallum aka Queen of the Night … it’s lived in the studio getting bigger and bigger but not getting anything more than an occasional good watering after which it always puts on a growth spurt … this year, for reasons most of you are aware of, plants have been a bit neglected and houseplants were shoved outside into the terrace asap and just left to get on with it themselves. That seems to have suited this one because wow! these appeared … 
  
Friend in Cornwall says we’ve missed the first bloom, but the second one should perform tonight so we’ll bring it indoors as the perfume is said to be amazing. 
We’ll let you know …

Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Wowser!!!
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • tigerburnietigerburnie Posts: 131
    edited August 2023
    I only get one bloom a year with mine, I have four types all the same one burst of flowers then finished for the year. 

  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Have fun tonight!
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    How lucky you are. Having watched mine for ages I missed the flowering! I checked the bud one morning and there it was, dead!
    It sounds as if I am now going to have to wait for another year. Mine looked exactly the same as yours Dovefromabove.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
     
    Tonight’s the night … it’s the size of a breakfast plate and smells absolutely amazing!

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Stunning flowers , but like most subtropical forest cacti , these epiphytes flower for one night only and are pollinated by moths .
    In habitat they cannot afford to 'advertise' themselves for too long ; as spination being virtually absent their fleshy succulent stems are very tempting to herbivores .

  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291
    That’s superb Dove! I have never seen one of those. Really special that it’s a ‘one night wonder’ - it looks gorgeous 🤍
    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    Thank you for showing me what I missed Dovefromabove. Very frustrating to miss the grand show.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It’s a shame I couldn’t send you some of the perfume @Joyce Goldenlily … it was amazing 😍

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    Thank you for the thought. I will just have to imagine it until next year!
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