[gardeners] night blooming cereus
c.l. avery (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 09 Sep 2002 18:04:58 +0000
Dear George,
Glad to hear that your Navy knees have held up to the task! The Bethesda
Naval hospital is practically right across the street from where I live.
The campus where it is located was closed to the public after 9/11, which is
a shame, as it is a lovely campus with trees, a Vita pathway, picnic areas
etc. Plus, it housed the closest McDonald's to me! I used to visit it
often. But, there is a small nuclear reactor on the base - used for medical
experiments - and it is far better for access to it to be severely limited
and monitored. I always thought so, especially after some kind of
'accident' at the reactor in the early 80's that closed the base, all the
local streets, and sent a radio-controlled robot into the reactor to fix
whatever it was that had gone wrong. Made the local news here but not the
national news.
My cereus had a small -- 1 cm -- bell or cup shaped red lacey "flower" on
one of the edges of one of the strap-like leaves last night. Surely that is
not what the famous good-smelling flower we've all been talking about is
supposed to be???
Carolyn
Bethesda
Zone 7a
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