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Peruvian Apple Cactus (Original Post)
Xipe Totec
Jul 2021
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Wow, my dear Xipe Totec! What a stunning photo, of an incredibly beautiful flower!
CaliforniaPeggy
Jul 2021
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,516 posts)1. Wow, my dear Xipe Totec! What a stunning photo, of an incredibly beautiful flower!
I think it's remarkable that this soft flower is part of a thorny cactus. So lovely!
Thank you for sharing.
Xipe Totec
(43,888 posts)6. Thank you, miss Peggy. A small contribution to a colossal group. nt
Deuxcents
(16,070 posts)2. Absolutely beautiful
Ty..never have seen anything like it.
Xipe Totec
(43,888 posts)3. Amazingly, the flower opens at night, and only once
By the next morning the flower closes.
brer cat
(24,519 posts)4. So only night owls get to enjoy the beauty?
Thank you for bringing it to us.
Xipe Totec
(43,888 posts)5. You catch it in the early morning as the sun rises.
A few hours later and the flower closes.
alfredo
(60,071 posts)7. Very good
I love cactus flowers
Diamond_Dog
(31,896 posts)8. It's beautiful!
Thank you for sharing it with us!
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)9. Pretty
Cactus flower 💮
Deuxcents
(16,070 posts)10. Ty for this
Your information was just what I needed.. Mother Nature at her best