QUEEN OF THE NIGHT ... bakawali
Salam and good day, I walked into my yard early one morning, around 6.30 am and I was greeted by a glorious sight. Glorious because it was such a rare sight to behold. Yes. I was greeted by the still blooming Bakawali flower or its not so exotic scientific name Epiphyllum Oxytpetallum. Mind you, I was lucky to be able to catch it still blooming as it was already daylight and the flower was already wilting, never to bloom again . also known as Queen of the night , Gul-e-Bakavali, Kadupul, Brahma Kamalam, Beauty below the moon Blooming only once a year, the blooming period is said to be from the end of June till early July, which was around the time I took these pictures. Being a night blooming cactus, they start to open after dusk, around 8 or nine pm and start to fade after dawn. hence the name Queen of the night . Not only that, each flower will only bloom once and only for a few hours. That is why we will never see this flower being sold in flower shops and florist or bloomi
