Two buds of Nishāgandhi
The two buds at night on 13.07.09
Just before blooming on the night of 16.07.09
In full bloom at 10.30 pm on 16.07.09
The twins in bloom
(all photographs were taken by my son Abhishek)
The Dutchman’s Pipe (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) is a cactus like plant grown in our small garden. Popularly known as Nishāgandhi, this plant blooms at night. It belongs to the cactus family and can be easily grown at home. The flower blooms at the end of a stalk that grows out of the leaf and therefore looks odd. In the stage of a bud the reddish tepals of the flower, which would measure up to 10 cm, give an eerie look to the bud. The bud blooms into a beautiful flower with a scent that is very pleasant. It is said that the aroma of the flower is similar to the smell of benzyl salicylate. The plants in my house have bloomed many times but this night we had a twin surprise. Two buds bloomed at the same time. Normally the flowers bloom between ten and eleven in the night and stay in the bloomed condition for around two hours before they slowly droop down and wither away the next day.
and I liked the way your nishagandhi has flowered and you captured it visually and mentally. the writeup was good and it has illustrated the power of your keystrokes (I could have written penstrokes, but I know you used to keystrokes to immortalise and publisize your visualization. the other blogs were are also very gook. Keep it up. May be one I will also join you in blogging. Sastry.
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