Queen of the Night

Beautiful Flower…......!!

beautiful work!!!!! lovely capture!

Thank you… yes Anibal, you made a funny : )

It’s is such a beautiful bloom, and it smells so incredible when it opens up, sweet aroma, thanks Vanessa!

I stayed up til like 6 am taking shots… you have to be really really careful, because it’s only at night, and if you use your flash, it may make the flower close up; which I’ve read about. Search “cereus” -> seriously, it’s quite interesting. I’m sure Victoria will like this pretty flower, LOL! And I’m sure Hollie’s daughter Ozlynn knows all about it!!! Smart kids! Cute too ; ) Ciao for now. Onto the big debate tonight; hmmm… shall be interesting!

Goodness gracious, this flower is remarkable! I’ve never seen or heard of it before but you did it justice!!

Thanks Dyle! It really is remarkable… MAGICAL :)

oh my.. so did you get it by using a tripod . slow shutter and no flash?

Excellent… really pretty flower to.

WOW! That is an awesome capture if I ever saw one!! & an awesome name too!! You must be very patient to wait around for this! Well worth it though! Fantastic shot Terri!!

Thanks Hollie! I had to be very patient. And it was so very worth it. Imagine if you had a plant on your deck, and you begin to see these two huge bulbs hanging from a leaf, and you knew this was a spectacular event, oh my… and I was so tired that night. Ready to just chill and go to bed, but realized this magnificent flower was going to open up and bloom that night, I had to be a trooper, and stay up super late, and shoot… It’s a rare event! Take care buddy!!!!

Tripod, and no flash, a few with a flash of course… just no bright lights because the bloom might fold back in. It’s very delicate and fragile. I’ll add on soon the leaf it was hanging from. Amazing to say the least! The bud forms right off the leaf of the plant which just is stunning to me. It doesn’t make for a great pic, but I will add it on here just to show you…

Thanks Sherry!!!

This is a stunning capture … I love the light and the glossy shine on the petals!

I take it that it’s pollenated by Moths if it comes only one NIGHT a year?

Wow watta shot..it’s enchanting..imagine that one night lol! ;} hugglez

Wow almost alien

Stunning !!

Thanks Jen for your comments! WOW, you are exactly right, it is pollinated by flying moths, as well as, get this -> bats too!!! CEREUS-LY ; )

Thanks you valzart; yes one night a year, hopefully…

lol, thanks black lemonz, you have such interesting perspectives, love it!!!

thanks PTCGirl!!!

So this flower only lasts for one night,l think l would not get any sleep around the time it is budding for fear of missing this beautiful bloom,how very unusual,great capture,and thanks for sharing it

Great shot, well done.

Hi Trudi, yes, one night, it would be so sad to miss this brilliant bloom!!! I did stay up all night, went to bed when the sun was coming up. Really threw my schedule off, but it was well worth it! Thanks for your comment!

Thank you Paul :)

Absolutely gorgeous!

Stunning! You captured it’s beauty so well! I’m so glad you stayed up all night!

on your top 10 in the Challenge in Flowers in Macro!!!!!!! Well done….amazing capture :o))

Wow, how did this not win the white flower challenge.. beautiful..

This was just Featured in
The woman photographer

Hi, Teri— I’m so happy to see this wonderful plant! A dear friend of mine has been telling me about hers, and has even given me a couple of “babies”. I can’t wait to see their performance in a couple of years. Thanks for giving us this lovely picture! – Pat

Gorgeous and a lovely narrative also! A fave!

Beautiful image, well worth the wait! Dee

Awesome image..worth staying up for.

I just added a link to a video to watch this flower bloom… Look in description!

What a truly amazing flower with an equally interesting life journey… so beautiful and so fleeting.

I did try to watch it but got a message saying it was no longer available. :-(

Just tried it again and it worked! Go figure? lol Wonderful to see.