Rare Moonflower blooms for just 12 hours at Cambridge Botanic Gardens
The flower, which only blooms between sunset and sunrise, has been watched every night for the last week
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Glasshouse supervisor Alex Summers with a rare Amazonian cactus called the Moonflower at Cambridge University s Botanic Garden (Image: Joe Giddens/PA Wire/PA Images)
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The rare Moonflower reached full bloom at around 5pm yesterday at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. It is believed to be the first flowering of its kind in the UK.
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