Thursday, October 22, 2009

One Night Stand

I call this the One Night Stand flower. Its supposed to be a rare blooming flower but the plant in my house has been blooming every now and then. Highest record so far was 70+ blooms in one night.

The flower only begins to bloom at around 9pm. It's petals will slowly open and reach full bloom at midnight. The flower will release a kind of fragrant smell which is soothing to the sense of smell. Once it reach full bloom, it will stay for about 1-2 hours and by morning it drops dead. Hence the name.

I can't find the actual name for this flower. Will do some research and put up some educational tips on "One Night Stand".

The Tree : About to bloom

The Tree : Full bloom

The Flower

Ain't it a spectacular flower?

4 comments:

  1. Hahaha!! Cool writeup!
    Next time must visit your place esp at night! ;)

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  2. Next bloom will need to wait for some time. Cos my mum just trim it. WHen it's time I let you know. Then we can have a mini tea party beside it :D

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  3. dragonfruit flowers have the same blooming life as this flower too

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