Gotta Be Cerious

Got home from my photography club meeting late tonight. Just got settled in, grabbed a brewski, and the neighbors were at the door. Same neighbors as the ones I broke their window out with my rocket-powered rock-flinger and lawn edger, is what.

"Come quick, come quick, grab your camera and come quick!" they shouted at me. I grabbed my camera and hit the door.

Turns out, they found some kinda plant growing in a pot under a bush in front of their house and fished it out. Looked kinda scraggly, kinda like Audrey from "Little Shop of Horrors." No, strike that - it looked a LOT like Audrey. One bloom, at the end of a weird swooping vine that went up, down, and sideways. Otherwise, it looked like some kind of nuclear mutant plant. But the flower itself was beautiful!

It is called a "Night Blooming Cerious" or Epiphyllum oxypetalum. It is a member of the cactus family, but it doesn't look like one. Pretty amazing bloom. Hypnotizingly beautiful, is what. I could have stared at it all night.

Here it is, in all the glory I could manage to record:

I am told that these are incredibly rare - like a once in a lifetime event for most folks. The neighbors said the flower opened up about an hour before they came and got me, and they were told by friends of theirs that it would be closed up again in a just a few hours. Pretty amazing. Glad Mrs. Wiggy and I got to see it.

Well, gotta finish my beer and toddle off to bed. Just wanted to share that with ya.

Best,

Wiggy

PS - And just for fun, I thought I'd try this:

Wigwam Jones Cafepress Store

Do you love it? Yes, you do. I am about to get all Wiggy with this new discovery. More later. Many smooches.