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Epiphyllum oxypetalum is an easily cultivated, fast growing Epiphyllum. It flowers in late spring through late summer; large specimens can produce several crops of flowers in one season. This is a widely cultivated Epiphyllum species. It is known to have medicinal properties in many Asian cultures, including India, Vietnam, and Malaysia.
Epiphyllum (/ ˌ ɛ p ɪ ˈ f ɪ l əm /; [3] "upon the leaf" in Greek) is a genus of epiphytic plants in the cactus family (Cactaceae), native to Central America and South America. Common names for these species include climbing cacti , orchid cacti and leaf cacti , though the latter also refers to the genus Pereskia .
Epiphyllum (usually Epiphyllum oxypetalum, gooseneck cactus; grown as an indoor houseplant throughout the world, and the most popular cultivated night-blooming cereus) Harrisia Hylocereus (of which Hylocereus undatus is the most frequently cultivated outdoors and is the main source of the commercial fruit crop, dragonfruit )
Saussurea obvallata is a perennial growing to 0.3 m (1 ft). The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by insects. Flowers bloom in mid-monsoon (July–August) amongst the rocks and grasses of the hillside at an altitudinal range of 3700–4600 m.
The phyllocactoid clade (Epiphyllum, Disocactus, Kimnachia and Pseudorhipsalis) are mainly epiphytic, and have spineless flattened leaf-like stems. Flowers and pollination syndromes are equally diverse, ranging from large white nocturnal flowers to bright red flowers opening in the daytime.
Epiphyllum thomasianum is an epiphytic species of cactus ... The vegetative morphology closely resembles Epiphyllum oxypetalum. The flowers differ due to their ...
Oxypetalum marambaiense Occhioni – Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) Oxypetalum marchesii C.Ezcurra & A.González – Uruguay; Oxypetalum marginatum Malme – Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, and Paraná) and Paraguay (Sierra de Maracayú) Oxypetalum marianae H.A.Keller & Funez – Brazil (Santa Catarina) Oxypetalum martii E.Fourn. – Bahia
Epiphyllum oxypetalum (曇花), a species of cactus cultivated in China that blooms rarely and only at night; Tanhua Lin (昙华林, literally "Tanhua Forest"), a forest in Wuhan, Hubei, China; Tanhua Shan (昙华山, literally "Tanhua Mountain"), a mountain range near Dayao in Chuxiong, Yunnan, China