Epiphyllum oxypetalum – known as Brahma Kamal (ब्रह्म कमल) in India, literally the “lotus of Lord Brahma – the Creator of the Universe.”
VioletAmethyst3
These are absolutely divine! 😍💜 I have never seen these before. They take your breath away. I am in awe!!
SnooHesitations8403
She is lovely, to be sure.
Uborkafarok
These beauties always call to mind the song Far from any road by the Handsome family, which is a beautiful and haunting song written about the queen of the night cactus.
From the dusty mesa
Her looming shadow grows
Hidden in the branches of the poison creosote
She twines her spines up slowly
Towards the boiling sun
And when I touched her skin
My fingers ran with blood
In the hushing dusk under a swollen silver moon
I came walking with the wind to watch the cactus bloom
And strange hands halted me, the looming shadows danced
I fell down to the thorny brush and felt the trembling hands.
When the last light warms the rocks
And the rattlesnakes unfold
Mountain cats will come to drag away your bones
And rise with me forever
Across the silent sand
And the stars will be your eyes
And the wind will be my hands
jaekatemin
How stunning!! It looks like it belongs in another world. I’ve never heard of it before! Can it be grown anywhere!?
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Gorgeous!!
Flower queen
Yes Queen!!!
Epiphyllum oxypetalum – known as Brahma Kamal (ब्रह्म कमल) in India, literally the “lotus of Lord Brahma – the Creator of the Universe.”
These are absolutely divine! 😍💜 I have never seen these before. They take your breath away. I am in awe!!
She is lovely, to be sure.
These beauties always call to mind the song Far from any road by the Handsome family, which is a beautiful and haunting song written about the queen of the night cactus.
From the dusty mesa
Her looming shadow grows
Hidden in the branches of the poison creosote
She twines her spines up slowly
Towards the boiling sun
And when I touched her skin
My fingers ran with blood
In the hushing dusk under a swollen silver moon
I came walking with the wind to watch the cactus bloom
And strange hands halted me, the looming shadows danced
I fell down to the thorny brush and felt the trembling hands.
When the last light warms the rocks
And the rattlesnakes unfold
Mountain cats will come to drag away your bones
And rise with me forever
Across the silent sand
And the stars will be your eyes
And the wind will be my hands
How stunning!! It looks like it belongs in another world. I’ve never heard of it before! Can it be grown anywhere!?