Cactus BloggingHere's a terrific spiral cactus from my front yard:
The flowers come out every 6 months or so and they only bloom for one night. I thought this one might bloom tonight, but it hasn't happened, so I'll be looking over the weekend. Within a day after blooming the flower turns completely black and shrivels up like Al Franken exposed to the truth, except that he doesn't turn black.
Fortunately as you can see if you look closely (like, click on the photo) there are two more blooms coming in the next few days: