Night Blooming San Pedro Cactus

This was as much fun as watching an eclipse. While the sun set, the blooms opened up in a matter of an hour or so. We’ve had this San Pedro cactus (Trichocereus Pachanoi) for many years and this was the first time it has ever bloomed! The flowers were about 6-9 inches in diameter and smelled sweet and fragrant. Though I’ve never personally ingested San Pedro, here’s an interesting link relating to the uses of this cactus in Andean and coastal Peru. Make sure to click on these and check out the detail my Sigma DP1 has rendered!

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One Response to “Night Blooming San Pedro Cactus”

Erin Says:
October 31, 2009 at 8:31 pm

I love these photos, especially the fourth one down. A like, too, that you compare the rare flowering to a solar eclipse. Amazing that we can have something so close at hand for years and then all of a sudden it busts loose.

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