Midnight with Wijayakusuma Flowers

11-12-2013, may be a special moment towards the end of the year for those who hold the event on that date that falls right on Wednesday. Many couples choose lovers who pledged their relationship official in pernikaan bond at the date of this beautiful supposedly said, other than that, the hospitals will be flooded job was certainly caecar surgery for elderly parents, sorry I call here "excessive" just to get a status on the date of birth of their children beautiful. It may be true after the date of 11-12-13, we are a little trouble finding a unique date several years in the future. Unfortunately this is not the date that I want to discuss, just have a little bit of a coincidence because on that date, on Wednesday night, one of the rare Indonesian flowers that have a year ago remain in the front porch of my house, finally flowering for a second time.

Wednesday morning, When the bud in the morning 11:12:13

Why is blossoming flower Wijayakusuma so special for me, this is not because of the myth that says that those who can see and watch the flowers bloom, it will get sustenance, but more likely in a deep curiosity as before, the last month of May 2013, the plant this is already generating interest 2 stalks, unfortunately I missed the moment because it did not know the flower that will bloom at night, I just watched the results stems and flowers have petals fell limp.

An exact reason may eventually arise if the above myth, what is not, just to watch the flowers bloom, one must be willing to await the appearance of the flower buds are estimated to occur only once or twice a year. Not only that, sometimes we can not predict when it will bloom flowers, because that definitely Wijayakusuma Flowers bloom only at night, even before midnight. So naturally, it feels like a myth to me when it appeared that, if my personal opinion, the provision mentioned was none other than yes sustenance because it could be a witness when the crown of beautiful flowers stretching Wijayakusuma middle of the night, and like Cinderella .. This interest did not last long, when dawn broke, the flowers wither back and we need to

Bloom started to move his crown (6:00 pm)

Wijayakusuma flower is a plant of the cactus species, within the meaning of the name, this flower has a meaning as the flower of victory (meaning the right taste bears, because for those who are struggling just to see them bloom, as if it would get the victory after successfully's seen the blossoming of the Wijayakusuma interest, including the writing of this blog ... hehe). This rare plant flowers bloom at night time, then wilt, bud back in the morning. Flowers Wijayakusuma issued a highly fragrant aroma. Myth also, if there will bloom fortune approaching. Hindu myths at the time of this flower belongs to Krishna and can revive the dead. In the field of plant health benefits, it is also quite large, namely treating asthma, stomach pain, sore throat, vomiting of blood, and penderahan uterus. (which is commonly used is the flower and stem).

The development of flowers entered at 08.30 pm

The inside of the flower looks pistil and stamens

That made ​​me feel curious is restless at night flower is beginning to show signs of greatness. On Wednesday morning, the third bud flowers still look presentable closed, as it did not indicate when it will bloom. Afternoon, crowns started to be opened slowly. It feels confident Flowers will bloom here tonight. Made me feel more attracted curious and want to capture some moment from bud to flower emits its aura. Every once an hour, me, my husband and my mother like the odd man out in a home because you do not want to miss a special moment. Around nine o'clock in the evening, thus drizzle began to fall in my village, fearing the rain became heavy and will damage the flowers, so I and my mother was raising the pot plants on the patio, and this makes it easier for me to monitor my room because it looks clearly visible from the glass window of my room.

At 08.00 pm the more petals open, but the crown is still not perfect bloom

20.00 pm, crown of flowers began to widen

By evening, the changes petals begin to look, but it seems still not perfect bloom. Because the night is getting dark, my husband and my mother each chose to sleep beforehand and ask woken up if there have been changes in the form of interest Wijayakusuma it .. (hemmmm. segitunya yach?). Finally, as usual, be allotted and my job was to awake himself with his lepy to simply satisfy my curiosity is satisfied if the guns are not a direct witness to the beauty of blooming flowers Wijayakusumaku. The head occasionally looked toward the window, hoping that broke with festive flowers, but still visible as before. Intention would be to wait until midnight

Due to rain, the pot was moved to the terrace (pk 10:00 to 12:00 pm, but the interest is not broke as I imagined)

I tried to spend time waiting at busy playing and making graffiti with my laptop, also happen to have some friends who still want me to chat through whatspass awake just as a friend let me sleep do not attack, even one of my chat friend also thinks I was overreacting and less work because flower waiting to bloom .. (Star Peace!) ...
Time is starting to show at 12.00 pm, I tried to pay attention of the room, no more changes, Flowers on inflorescences stagnant as the last, to make sure I wait until the first half, then came out and took a photo last appearance of the flower and then decided to end the adventure Flowers Wijayakusuma . The next day, when the day began brightly, I'm a time to look at the condition of the flowers, and the stems are sturdy prop yesterday petals, now hung limp as helpless.

Post-bloom at night and finished with back buds and wilted

Finally, that's great memories watching minute by minute, hour by hour just to cure the curiosity that a bit excessive ... hahaaaa

Wijayakusuma the Change Process

Reference :
Private photo collection
http://greeninitiativefoundation.org/blog/2013/03/25/manfaat-bunga-wijayakusuma/


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