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Night Blooming Cereus

Jeff Rice of member station KUAZ in Tucson, Ariz., visited Tohono Chul Park for its annual "Queen of the Night" celebration, and sent this audio postcard. Rice spoke with visitors who came to the park to enjoy the cereus, a fragrant cactus flower that blooms only one night a year.

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