I have three cacti. One is a golden barrel, one a fishhook, and the last I didn't know... but now I do. I put the cactus out in front of Mjolnir this year and the little 'unknown' one suddenly spurted a growth going straight up. It developed a bit of a bulb look at the top. Brought to mind 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'. This morning the top of the growth had blossomed into a large and beautiful white flower. Looked it up on-line and think the little cactus is in the torch cactus family. The flower blooms overnight but fades by the end of the next day. The theory is the flower is pollinated by moths or bats which are nocturnal. Tonight on our constitutional the flower is shriveled back into it's pod. Hopefully this little cacti isn't making a statement about our recent warm weather - just that it's happy.
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