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Queen of the night

Epiphyllum oxypetalum

Description:

So pure white, have a nice odor. so beautiful and it is a flower of an cactus...it flower blooms only at night and only only one night..

Notes:

i am not a photographer, not even an amateur, though i like taking pictures,this is the flower of the Queen of the night cactus..I took pictures of it in the night together with the full moon..it blooms its flower once only at night, then withered when the sun rise...its so purely white, have an elegant beauty and had a nice scented odor..sad for the flower, because rarely can see its beauty..(-_-)

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ArtistWen
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ArtistWen

Iloilo, Iloilo, Philippines

Spotted on Aug 18, 2011
Submitted on Aug 23, 2011

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