18 May 2008

Sweet Pitaya's Flowers - Dragon Flowers

Hylocereus sp.

It produce fragrance as it blooms, attracting bees and ants as pollinating agents.
* Noted two bees there.

Size: about 15 cm long and can reach 30 cm in diameter.
It blossoms at night and start to die in mid morning.
I took this picture at 7.35am.