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Is This a Flower, Or Is My Eye On Fire?
Epiphyllum are commonly known as the 'Orchid Cactus', and while most people wouldn't identify the plant as a cactus, the flower does suggest a sort of orchid-y lucsiousness. But where orchids tend to be prim and contained, these blossoms are "too too"- they're bawdy; over-the-top ... they are the flower equivalent of strippers. They only open for a day - but what a day! They bump and grind their way through 24 hours, trying to catch as many eyes they can. And they succeed! Every single flower is visited by a pollinator ... I know that because each flower turns into a seed. That is evidence of horticultural sex. Like I've said before, the garden can be a very NC-17 place.
By the way, check out this post at Heavy Petal (an AWESOME garden blog) - on a trip to Paris, Andrea Bellamy saw this incredible Vertical Garden and some cool ways to display airplants ... the airplant thing is a product, actually - but I think we intrepid and creative types can rig up something similar from wires and washers...
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