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21-SEP-2018 Coleen Perilloux Landry

Night Blooming Cereus

It is almost full moon and the brightness welcomes the blooming of this plant. It is 11:00 p.m. and it is almost fully opened. By dawn it will close forever. The fragrance is heavenly and fills the garden and attracting the night moths.

Canon EOS 40D
1/60s f/5.6 at 53.0mm iso250 full exif

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carol j. phipps02-Oct-2018 03:40
So happy you captured and gave the story of your Moon Flower. Beautiful picture and worth waiting for. Bravo! V
Buz Kiefer01-Oct-2018 22:50
It's worth waiting up for, Coleen. Beautiful photo. V
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography28-Sep-2018 12:14
Excellent image of this beautiful flower, Vote.
LynnH27-Sep-2018 00:25
Splendid photo of this beautiful flower. How wonderful. V
Hank Vander Velde24-Sep-2018 14:41
BEAUTIFUL against the dark bg Coleen. Amazing that they bloom only at night.
Dennis Hoyne22-Sep-2018 23:45
A wonderful event and so beautifully photographed. V
pkocinski22-Sep-2018 13:45
Thanks for sharing this wonderful blooming event.
Ed Preston22-Sep-2018 13:17
Beautiful Coleen.
Yvonne22-Sep-2018 11:18
I hope mine flowers this year... I had to start my plant all over again and miss the flowers...
instead I'll enjoy yours Coleen! A delightful image. v
Range View 22-Sep-2018 06:35
Beautiful capture of this simply amazing bloom. Wonderful text on the life of this bloom Coleen.
David.