MobiColour RESULT: MC #157 Theme: Forgotten Objects - Jan 28-Feb 3, 2019

zenjenny said:
That’s the general idea. Or, if you have a partner, you sleep in shifts. Some suburbs still observe the ancient ritual of the Community Welcoming of the Queen over three days and three nights of feasting, dancing and the like. The more affluent suburbs put a stop to it in their own shires after complaints about the jousting and unacceptable quantities of horse manure.
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Spoil Sports. :lol:
 
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From a forgotten corner of our own backyard
Snapseed, ACDSee Pro
 
zenjenny said:
Gone but not

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Our gorgeous Epiphyllum oxypetalum (Queen of the Night) bloomed last night. Only once a year, and you have to be alert. The buds form over a week or so: by the last day you’re hopping from one foot to another waiting for the flower and hoping you don’t miss it. Then suddenly it’s open! And that fragrance on the warm night air . . . Over four hours they open right up, bloom all night in the moonlight — then, by morning, the amazingly vibrant exuberant show is over for another year.

This image taken at 6am. Processed later in SnapSeed.

Below I’ll post the images from 630pm, 830pm and 1030pm. It’s a wild, messy plant and impossible to get the whole !!!TWELVE!!! blooms we had in one basket. But you get the idea. And here’s a time lapse video (not mine).
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zenjenny said:
The short and beautiful life of Queen of the Night.

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OMG I’m in love with this flower.... and what a fitting name. :inlove: The time lapse video!!! :notworthy: Incredible. She looks like a type of columbine... that spidery bit inside is amazing too.
 
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