Five days after the first bloom of Epiphyllum Hookeri (直叶昙花). We noticed many new buds on different stems. Wow.  We did not know that there would soon be more flowers.  We actually thought we would see “Queen of the Night” blooming next year.  We were waiting for a something to happen for two more weeks, sometimes wondering if the buds would die after all.

At 12:10am this morning we were up to see if the flowers would show.  Here we are.  Two more blooms of “Queen of the Night” with heavy fragrant was standing out, so amazing and fabulous. Cannot believe this.  This does not seem to be the end of it as there are an additional 8 buds in the waiting.

Epiphyllum Hookeri is night blooming cactus with white, large, and fragrant flower.  It blooms at night and disappears quickly in the morning.

We received a cutting of Epiphyllum Hookeri stem approximately 1.5 years ago.  It grew very fast and stems were getting longer, a little messy in a way.  So we repotted couple of times to support the weight of this giant plant.   We noticed 4 little buds on 3 different stems 2 weeks ago.  Then as surprise, it started to bloom, one after another. 

The blooms were 7-8 inches across with white petals. Most amazing and beautiful of the bloom were many white, soft, slightly wavering stamens as male parts and orange long pollen tube with deep yellow stigma on top as female pistil standing out against many narrow pointed white petals.   

The bloom last at least 6 hours and we were able to capture picture up until 8:30am.