Beginner Gardening: How do you make a Night Blooming Cereus bloom?, 1 by JeanK

JeanK wrote:
Good things happen to those who wait....After missing the two blooms in AR while we were on a trip, had to leave two buds and travel to FL to clean up after hurricane Fay. Upon looking at our plant there, I found two more buds....something happened to one of them but the other one was watched with great frequency, both during the day and into the evening. Late Monday afternoon, Sept. 8 at around 6:00, this is what I saw: