"Queen of the Night" Bloom Watch

Bloom Night 2007 was called for June 19. Pictures coming soon!

Coming to Bloom Night

The Park will re-open at 6:00 pm (admssion is free) and remain open until midnight. Refreshments will be available. Luminarias will light your way to the blooming plants with volunteers and staff on hand to provide information. Plan to be in the Performance Garden at either 7:00 or 9:00 pm to the hear the Tohono O'odham legend of the "Queen of the Night."

Register to win your very own Night Blooming Cereus or buy a chance in our raffle at the Performance Garden. The Greenhouse will be open for those who want to purchase a Peniocereus greggii or maybe even the perfume.

This year's Bloom Night is being sponsored by:

Royal Automotive and Lexus of Tucson
The Solar Store
Sam's Club
AAA Landscaping
and Shamrock Farms

Flashlights and closed-toe shoes are highly recommended. See you there!

"Queen of the Night"
(photo byJohn Richter 2004)

About the "Queen of the Night"

The Night-blooming Cereus looks like a dead stick most of the year, but between May and August it puts out beautiful, waxy, white blossoms that bloom for only one night. Tohono Chul Park has one of the largest collections in the world of these plants, and when there are enough of them blooming at one time, the Park calls a "bloom night." Bloom night visitors have the rare opportunity to see these mystical flowers, and smell their wonderful aroma that attracts the Sphinx moths that pollinate them.