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The Moonflower at Cambridge University Botanic Garden (CUBG) is set to bloom again, with four buds this year, and it could be as early as this weekend. The garden has set up a live webcam on the top two buds which are likely to flower first. Once they have flowered, the lower buds will be livestreamed. In the wild the Strophocactus wittii (Amazon Moonflower) opens at sunset and is over by sunrise. The staff at the Botanic Garden are not sure exactly when it is going to flower (its previous flowerings have taken place late afternoon), so it will be livestreaming until flowering takes place. The…