A beautiful queen of the night time lapse video.
While Night-blooming cereus isn’t as spectacular of a name as “The Queen of the Night”, by whichever name this flower goes it has an incredible story. The Queen blooms once a year and only at night. Many cultures commemorated this beautiful flower with many names:
- Afrikaans: Koningin van die Nag
- Chinese：Shé Bian Zhu (蛇鞭柱, Column of snake-like rope)
- Czech: Královna noci
- Danish: Nattens Dronning
- Dutch: Koningin van de Nacht
- English: Queen of the night, night-blooming cereus, large-flowering cactus, sweet-scented cactus, vanilla cactus, lunar flower, large blooming cereus, large flowered torch thistle, large-flowered night cactus
- Estonian: Öökuninganna
- Finnish: Yönkuningatar
- French: reine de la nuit, princesse de la nuit, cierge à grande fleurs, vierge à grandes fleurs, cierge rampant à grandes fleurs, fleur d’amour
- German: Königin der Nacht
- Italian: cacto grandifloro, regina della notte
- Japanese: Gekka Bijin (Beautiful woman under the moon)
- Polish: Królowa Jednej Nocy
- Portuguese: flor-de-baile, cardeiro trepador
- Romanian: Cactus din Antilele Olandeze
- Russkij: Carica noči
- Serbian: Carica nočji
- Sinhalese: Kadupul (කඩුපුල්)
- Spanish: Reina de las Flores, Reina Gigante, Cardon, Gigante, Organillo, Reina de la noche.
- Swedish: nattens drottning
- Arabic:ملكة الليلMalikat Al lail
- Vietnamese: Hoa quỳnh
This amazing flower blooms once a year and wilts by morning. It’s a rare flower and we’re excited to have a sample here at NCS HQ!
Are you interested in NCS carrying some of this flower’s oil? Let us know in the comments below. Any other essential oils and extracts we should put on our list?