Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden maintains an ex situ collection of the globally critically imperiled Harrisia fragrans (fragrant prickly-apple cactus) from across its range on Florida’s east coast. The first flowers on our Ft. Pierce population opened after dark last summer in 2022. […]
Harrisia fragrans
Harrisia fragrans in flower at the midnight hour
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden maintains an ex situ collection of the globally critically imperiled Harrisia fragrans (fragrant prickly-apple cactus) from across its range on Florida’s east coast. The first flowers on our Ft. Pierce population opened after dark last summer in 2022. […]
Beauty in the Night…
Night-blooming flower of Harrisia fragrans, sister taxa to Harrisia aboriginum and also endemic to Florida. I spent 2 hours after hours at Selby Gardens between 10pm and midnight photographing this remarkable bloom. […]
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