今日处暑：关于处暑节气的6个小常识 24 Solar Terms: 6 things you may not know about End of Heat

Time for night-blooming cereus
夜来昙花现

The night-blooming cereus is a flower full of mystery, which often blooms during the period of End of Heat. This is because the climate during End of Heat, characterized by warm days and cold nights, is similar to tropical deserts. Night-blooming cereus originates in the tropical deserts from Mexico to Brazil in South America. They blossom at night to avoid the blazing daytime sun.
昙花是一种充满神秘色彩的花，往往在处暑时节盛开。这是因为处暑期间昼暖夜凉，与热带沙漠气候相似。昙花原产于南美洲的墨西哥、巴西等地的热带沙漠，它们在夜间盛放是为了避开白天灼热的阳光。