Blooming Nishagandhi / Dutchman's pipe / Queen of the Night / Epiphyllum oxypetalum cactus

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I was lucky enough to capture an amazing bit of nature in my front yard. Thank you Damo for convincing me to do the time lapses!

These flowers only open for one night, although the plant can produce multiple batches of flowers so the legend about them only blooming once a year is incorrect. They're also not a Cereus cactus.

See also http://www.flickr.com/photos/strepto42/sets/72157642831988325/ for a full set of pics.

I saw another video of these flowers opening and decided to copycat the soundtrack, it's just such a perfect piece of music for it. :)
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