Photograph by Broken Inaglory
Did you know there are cacti that only flower once a year and that the rare occurrence can last a mere 24 hours? In fact, certain species like Selenicereus grandiflorus only flower once a year at night and wither shortly thereafter.
Two recent posts on reddit by Disguise_ready and SnugNinja captured the rare moments on camera. The two cacti are believed to be a species of night-blooming cereus and some kind of Echinopsis hybrid.
[via Disguise_ready and SnugNinja on reddit]
Photograph by Disguise_ready
Photograph by SnugNinja
Here’s the same flower the next evening
Photograph by SnugNinja
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