a stand of Echinopsis flowers

[Phil_SK]

Three different plants are making a show this eve, plus a diddy one [Lobivia] looking on from the wings:
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(The second photo was a 15s exposure, hence the orange UFOs in the background - street lamps beyond)
The little maximiliana doesn't care whether it's day or night - don't know what must pollinate it. (Photo taken at same time as 1st shot)
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[Maria J]

Wow! It's lovely to see a few flowering together!
Was your GH filled with 'perfume'??

[Phil_SK]

Not much of a perfume, really. The pink ones and the right-hand white one had released their scent by I took the later photo but the left-hand white one hadn't. Before I left for work today they all smelled close up but it never really fills the greenhouse. Lobivia jajoana is the only plant I have that does that - I think, being a day flowerer, it is helped by the heat.

[Phil_SK]

Update: the two pinkish ones at the back have been open for 3 nights now, whereas the two (different) whites only lasted for one. They were joined last night by another pair - one white, one darker pink - here they are this morning along with sundry Lobivia:
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Here's the pink one (from Abbey Brook years ago as E. carmineoflora) a little underexposed to show its pinkness:
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