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Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-29 | Page 13 | Blooming Cereus Gives S. L. Owner Eight Blossoms

Type issue
Date 1939-08-29
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Blooming Cereus Gives S. L. Owner Eight Blossoms
Type article
Date 1939-08-29
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 13
OCR Text s- s sJ J j i ight Blooming Cereus C reus Gives Gies S. S L L. Owner Eight Blossoms i 1 k f M f A e 1 J EXOTIC PLANT GAVE UNUSUAL PERFORMANCE e Mrs R. R W. W Morgan and her night blooming cereus r Plant Remains in Full Flower Only Two H Hours 0 u rs The R. R W. W Morgan home hom at 1060 South Eighth West street was the scene of an unusual spectacle early Tuesday as a semitropical plant presented admirers with eight i blossoms and two buds The plant Is a mac mac- night blooming cereus a member of the cactus family I which blossoms only one night a year Aside from that distinctive feature feature fea fea- ture however Mr and Mrs Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan report their plant in that it carried eight blossoms Instead Instead instead in In- stead of the two or three uch such plants usually present I r called aH aW my friends to see the spectacle Mrs Morgan re reported reported re re- ported and they all were really delighted About 8 p. p m. m Monday the buds were the size of turkey eggs and at midnight they s started to open By 2 a. a m m. m Tuesday the blossoms open and md as as bIg as as dl dinner din din- iner i- i ner ncr plates their p perfume filling the air About 4 a. a m. m d dand dand and died The plant Is about sI six feet tall taU Mrs Morgan said and the blossoms bios blos another another fe feature feature- ture grow from either the tips or or sides of the leaves eaves The blossoms are waxen white with gold tendrils in the center and r rose se colored backs The next blooming probably will be In the fall faU of 1940 she said
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