This morning was my most favourite , long awaited morning of the year . When I go up to my greenhouse and as I walk past , through the dirty windows , I spy these breathtakingly beautiful Epiphyllum blooms !
Eager to get inside and have a closer look .
I let them grow scrabbling about and climbing the trellis and branches that I have fixed up..... some are in hanging baskets .
I couldn't quite reach the label on this , but I think it is Epiphyllum Achievement .
This one is Space Rocket which I bought a few years ago from Epiphyllum specialist Mr Horobin .
Others that I have , were cuttings from my mother's plants ..which originally came from my Grandmother ...and I have no idea where she would have got hers from , because back then it would have been extremely rare to have a plant like this in England . There were no plant nurseries or garden centres back then .
No fragrance with this one but it is huge..bigger than my hand ...see the top picture , where I am holding my hand above my hat in the reflection of the greenhouse window .
I stand in the warmth of the greenhouse admiring them for ages , intoxicated by the perfume ..mmm that fragrance .....it just has to be good for you !
This one is King Midas....and the peach like fragrance is divine... mmmm....
There are lots more buds coming too , maybe tomorrow !
Very beautiful!
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