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plantladylin wrote:
Debra: That photo in your last post looks like Epiphyllum oxypetalum: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2443/ They get really huge ... you could probably pot that one up in the spring and give it a tall trellis to climb. Night bloomers and the fragrance is said to be awesome. Mine has bloomed a few times the past couple of years but the one time I remembered to take a whiff my sinuses weren't cooperating and I couldn't smell a thing ... but my husband said it smelled really nice!

This picture was taken the last time mine bloomed, 10:30 p.m. on August 26th: