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Kampopot (Jasmine)
Roses
Camia
Flowers
Epiphyllum
Night Blooming Cereus
Click on any small pictures below
to see a larger view.
Copyright © 1996-2012 by Charles Keng. All Rights
Reserved
Fascinated by this night blooming cereus,
I took additional pictures using my digital camera. Take a look at
the digital thumbnail pictures below!
Genus name: Epiphyllum. Family name: Cactaceae. Species:
Epiphyllum oxypetallum. Though the plant itself is somewhat awkwardly tall,
long-limbed, the fragrance and the beauty of its many
blossoms are captivating. This flower is fully bloom at twelve midnight, usually after a
drizzle. At dawn the petals close and the bloom is finished. Each flower bloom and last
for only one day and measure 5 to 8 inches across. The spicy fragrance produced from this
flower is so pungent, weird, and spooky at night! On this first week of October 1996, I saw
about 25 blooms on two consecutive nights in our garden. They bloom from August to
December of each year and sometimes even other months of the year. Chinese name for this flower is
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Taken
on December 1, 2001 at 11:04 P.M. |
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small pictures below to see a larger view. |
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About 6 days before blooming |
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*November 28,
2001, 9:39A.M., about 83 hours before blooming. |
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*November 30,
2001 at 9:29A.M., about 35 hours before blooming. |
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*December 1,
2001, 9:06A.M., about 11 hours before blooming. |
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*December 1,
2001, 10:06P.M. |
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*December 1,
2001, 11:05P.M. |
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*Side view of
Cereus |
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*Back view of
Cereus |
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*Close up
view |
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*Bottom view
of Cereus. December 1, 2001, 11:12P.M. |
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*December 2,
2001, 8:36A.M., about 8 hours after blooming. |
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*December 3,
2001, 9:13A.M., about 32 hours after blooming. |
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*December 4,
2001, 9:11A.M., about 56 hours after blooming. |
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*December 5,
2001, 8:21A.M., about 79 hours after blooming. |
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Called Kampopot in
the Philippines, it is a hundred petals species of
Sampaguita (Jasmine). It's flower is not as fragrant as
the ordinary Jasmine but measured 1 1/4 to 2 1/4 inches
across.
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¤Nov.
9, 2011. |
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¤Oct.
12, 2011. |
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¤June
20, 2010. |
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¤June
8, 2010. |
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¤May 11, 2010. |
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Roses |
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8, 2011. |
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¤Oct.
15, 2011. |
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¤Sept.
14, 2011. |
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13, 2011. |
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Camera used:
¤¤Sony
DSC-HX7V 16.2 megapixels with 4.25-42.5mm F3.5(W)-F5.5(T)
Sony G lens
¤Sony
SLT-A55V Digital 16.2 Mega Pixel Camera with Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 24-70mm
(36mm-105mm) F2.8-22 Z SSM Lens, Sony SAL55200-2. DT 55-200mm F4-5.6 SAM and Sony SAL1855.
DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM
Lens.
¤Sony
a550 Digital SLR 14.2 Mega Pixel Camera with Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 24-70mm
(36mm-105mm) F2.8-22 Z SSM Lens, and Sony SAL1855 (27-82.5mm) F3.5-36 DT
Lens.
*Sony DSC-S70 (Cyber-Shot 3.3
Mega Pixels) Digital Still Camera (with Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 7-21mm (34-102mm
when converted to a 35mm still camera) f/2.0-2.5 Lens, Sony VAD-S70 adapter ring and
Nikon L37 52mm filter.
**Canon EOS-1N with Canon Zoom Lens EF 28-70mm 2.8L USM
Ultrasonic lens and Canon Speedlite 540EZ Flash
***Nikon F2-AS with
Nikkor 50mm f1.4 and 28mm f2.0 lens, Metz Mecablitz 32Z-1 Flash.
Scanner: Microtek ScanMaker II HR
Created on
September 22,1996, Last update:
September 13, 2013
Copyright ©
1996-2012 by Charles Keng. All Rights Reserved
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