A cluster of pale, yellow-centered night-blooming cereus flowers opens atop long, spiny green stems, with fan-shaped palm fronds filling the dark background. The card labels the plant simply as "Night Blooming Cereus," the common name shared by several night-flowering cacti of the genus Hylocereus and Selenicereus, whose large blossoms typically open after dusk and wilt by the following day. Such views were popular mid-century Florida and Southwest souvenir subjects.
Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch weave; no white border; printed card number M67 at lower left.
No postmark. Unused divided-back linen postcard; blue imprint of Sandoval News Co. (El Paso) and Tucson News Co. (Tucson); card number 47927. No damage beyond light age toning.
Cite this card
Night-blooming cereus in bloom, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/night-blooming-cereus-in-bloom-circa-1940. Accessed October 25, 2026.
