July 9, 2011 (San Diego’s East County) — Joan McIntosh captured the fragile beauty of these night-blooming cereus at her backyard in Lakeside.
The ghostly cactus flowers blossom just once in the warmth of a mid-summer’s night, then wither and perish.
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