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Corralitas Drive: Night Blooming Cereus Cactus

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, August 31, 2011.  A Cereus Cactus is putting on a spectacular nightly show near the top of Corralitas Drive.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) Cereus flowers are 8 - 10" in diameter when fully open.  The explosion of flowers might last a few more weeks due to the high number of buds at various stages of growth.  The flowers are usually closed by sunrise, only opening for one
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