{"id":923,"date":"2019-07-11T22:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/?p=923"},"modified":"2019-08-19T20:56:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T20:56:59","slug":"queen-of-the-night-epiphyllum-hookeri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/11\/queen-of-the-night-epiphyllum-hookeri\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen of the Night: Epiphyllum Hookeri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-924\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night2-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Epiphyllum Hookeri is night blooming cactus with white, large,&nbsp;and fragrant flower.&nbsp; It blooms at night and disappears quickly in the morning.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-928\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night-1-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night-1-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> We received a cutting of Epiphyllum Hookeri stem approximately 1.5 years ago.&nbsp; It grew very fast and stems were getting longer, a little messy in a way.&nbsp; So we repotted couple of times to support the weight of this giant plant.&nbsp; &nbsp;We noticed 4 little buds on 3 different stems 2 weeks ago.&nbsp; Then as surprise, it started to bloom, one after another.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night1-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-929\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night1-1-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night1-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night3-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night3-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-930\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night3-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night3-1-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Queen-of-the-Night3-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The bloom last at least 6 hours and we were able to capture\npicture up until 8:30am.&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epiphyllum Hookeri is night blooming cactus with white, large,&nbsp;and fragrant flower.&nbsp; It blooms at night and disappears quickly in the morning. We received a cutting of Epiphyllum Hookeri stem approximately 1.5 years ago.&nbsp; It grew very fast and stems were &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/11\/queen-of-the-night-epiphyllum-hookeri\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":957,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions\/957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}