Hi @nikv,
This is a beautiful assortment of captures you've shared here, very nicely done.
I find the illusiveness of these rare flowers adds a certain mystique which compliments the attentive nature of the gardener. I bet the anticipation heightens the pleasure of seeing them open up, and might also be frustrating at times when the anticipation becomes overbearing. You seem like a patient person though and are probably good at waiting if I had to guess.
It's interesting how the flowers that only open for a short time late in the day attract the solitary bees only, I can't fathom why that would be but it's fascinating.
The Anacampseros flower reminds me of a dream I had yesterday, where two flowers were placed outside of my window. One was open and one was closed, and they looked like this flower. I feel like the dream was symbolic and have been thinking about it for the past day, so it was really kind of strange to see a flower that resembled the one's in my dream not even 24 hours ago.
The Domino Cactus is really magnificent and so supple looking.
Thanks for sharing these breathtaking photos with us and giving such great description about the flowers!
Thank you. It's always a strange feeling to see things that you have dreamed of, good luck with finding a meaning.
In general, honeybees are active and do their foraging much earlier on the day, possibly because bees are known to use the sun to navigate and honeybees travel quite widely to forage. Solitary bees seem to have smaller ranges and so are active at different times during the day. There can also be quite a bit of congestion around certain types of flowers