Epiphyllum flower

Epiphyllum

My boss gave me several epiphyllum leaves of two kinds: red and white. I have had them for two years and propagated them into 4 and 1/2 plants. I assume 3 and 1/2 of them are the red or pink epiphyllum, but they haven't bloomed yet, and thus I am not sure. When I moved them one day, I broke one healthy leaf, so I left it on the fern tree in the yard. Guess what happened? It survived and it now has new growth. I count it as 1/2. My explanation is that the epiphyllum can be grown as an air-plant (the kind of plant growing in the air, Florida has a lot).


The last one is white. I know it for sure because it has bloomed several times. It bears the little buds that get longer and longer in a few days. The next morning it suddenly withers and falls. It happened several times, leaving me so much regret. 


One morning I was watering the plants as usual. All of a sudden I saw this large, spectacular flower with numerous petals hanging from a leaf. It was so white, a little milky. It was so beautiful that I even forgot to smell its fragrance. 


To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.