Night Blooming Cactus Timelapse

A cactus that I replanted from a short stalk about three years ago finally decided it was time to bloom. I have no idea what species this is. Still, beautiful and fragrant. I was hoping there would be a few bat or large moth pollinators, but it appears only small beetles, moths, and bees visited the flowers. The time-lapse below is about 6 hours compressed into four minutes.

 

Night-blooming cactus flowers, the morning after. Copyright: Greg Joder

There were other cactus around the yard that were also blooming this morning:

Copyright: Greg Joder.
Pollination in action. Copyright: Greg Joder.
Mini cactus forest in bloom. Copyright: Greg Joder.