Cereously......

....one of my favorite, if  most elusive, plants is the night blooming cereus..a desert plant---a member of the cactus family actually--- that blooms just one a year...at Midnight...and then the bloom dies at sunrise.
   This photo is from last year when I had a half dozen blooms...

This year the heat has taken its toll....as has the wind that  knocked one of the plants over last week, smashing the first tubular developing bloom of the year.