I just picked up an echinopsis cacti at the local market today.
By day the flower remains shut but at night it opens up in all its glory.
I am absolutely fascinated by this phenomenon. Unlike other cacti flowers which open up only when there is full sun, the echinopsis does the reverse.
Of course I had to wait till it was dark for the flower to open and then take it inside and photograph it. I have to be quick because flowers usually last only one day.
i probably
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tell you this is
a strange looking thing
strange but ioddly beautiful, too
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