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Epiphyllum oxypetalum, the Dutchman's pipe cactus, [3] princess of the night or queen of the night, [4] is a species of cactus with a native range from Mexico to Nicaragua. [5] It blooms nocturnally, and its flowers wilt before dawn.
Night-blooming cereus is the common name referring to many flowering ceroid cacti that bloom at night. The flowers are short lived, and some of these species, such as Selenicereus grandiflorus , bloom only once a year, for a single night, [ 1 ] though most put out multiple flowers over several weeks, each of which opens for only a single night.
They tend to be ubiquitous throughout the higher Sonoran Desert area around Tucson. See "A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert" published by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, pg 197. Tohono Chul in Tucson, Arizona [3] has the largest private collection of Sonoran Desert native Night-blooming Cereus – Peniocereus greggii. Each summer this ...
Peniocereus greggii – desert nightblooming cereus: United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas), Mexico Peniocereus johnstonii: Mexico (Baja California Sur) Peniocereus lazaro-cardenasii: Mexico (Guerrero, Michoacan de Ocampo) Peniocereus viperinus: Mexico (Morelos, Puebla) Peniocereus zopilotensis: Mexico (Guerrero) Peniocereus marianus
Cacti and other succulents growing in the Huntington Desert Garden Cactus fence, surrounding house of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in Mexico City Cacti at the Mission San Juan Capistrano in California Cacti ornamental at Hampton Court Flower Show. Cacti were cultivated as ornamental plants from the time they were first brought from the New World.
Selenicereus, sometimes known as moonlight cactus, is a genus of epiphytic, lithophytic, and terrestrial cacti, found in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. The term night-blooming cereus is also sometimes used, but this is also used for many night-blooming cacti, including Epiphyllum and Peniocereus .
Cereus was one of the first cactus genera to be described; the circumscription varies depending on the authority. The term "cereus" is also sometimes used for a ceroid cactus , any cactus with a very elongated body, including columnar growth cacti and epiphytic cacti.
The saguaro is a columnar cactus that grows notable branches, usually referred to as arms.Over 50 arms may grow on one plant, with one specimen having 78 arms. [6] Saguaros grow from 3–16 m (10–52 ft) tall, and up to 75 cm (30 in) in diameter.