Annual blooms, one-night extravaganza

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About 100 buds opened overnight Sept. 10 on this night-blooming cereus cactus in a yard near the intersection of Cordova Drive and Manatee Avenue in Palma Sola Park. The tropical species usually blooms one night a year and the flowers wilt by noon the next day. Islander Photos: ChrisAnn Silver Esformes
Bees buzz the large, yellowish-white blossoms Sept. 10 on a night-blooming cereus cactus. Islander Photos: ChrisAnn Silver Esformes

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