Brahma Kamalam

Submitted by vijaysowmya on Wed, 08/03/2011 - 02:03
This flower is called as Brahma kamalam which blooms only in the night(in this case after 4 yrs) and remains for a few hours only. I happened to see this on saturday at my friend's place at 11pm. Just thought of sharing this. This belongs to a cactus species called Selenicereus grandiflorus and commonly known as Queen of night in English.
julien
the Brahma kamalam flower is more brightful and beautiful.... the flower petals and the leaf are totally different.... thanks for your sharing.... sowmya.... A.Julien
Wed, 08/03/2011 - 02:56 Permalink
jkmrao

Quite nice, looks beautiful indeed. Please see also http://www.ikolam.com/node/5926 for its earlier appearance as niSAgandhi :-) Regards! - mOhana
Wed, 08/03/2011 - 03:04 Permalink
nithyaashok
Yes, we have this plant at my home, last month there was one flower bloomed at 10.00 p.m. We call it as Nishakanthi.
Wed, 08/03/2011 - 04:02 Permalink
Dr.Rekha Shetty
very beauuuuutiful Rathkali.thak u for sharing with us
Wed, 08/03/2011 - 04:28 Permalink
ammuchandhini
Beautiful flower....nice to know about this....thanks for sharing sowmi...
Wed, 08/03/2011 - 05:19 Permalink
rajamma_2

Nice view of this rare flower. Just keeping one leaf you can grow a plant. In my terrece just planted one and waiting for the buds to come. The flower normally blooms around full moon time.The mild smell also very nice. Thanks for sharing. rajamma
Wed, 08/03/2011 - 07:25 Permalink
subashini

Thanks sowmya for sharing this.And also thanks to Sir, for sharing about nishakanthi.
Wed, 08/03/2011 - 18:57 Permalink
smahalakshmi
Thank you Sowmya for this wonderful picture. Also my thanks to JKM sir for his information about Nishagandhi. Mahalakshmi
Thu, 08/04/2011 - 00:08 Permalink