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A cactus ( pl.: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) [ 3] is a member of the plant family Cactaceae ( / kækˈteɪsi.iː, - ˌaɪ / ), [ a] a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. [ 4] The word cactus derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek word κάκτος ( káktos ), a ...
Schlumbergera is a small genus of cacti with six to nine species found in the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil. These plants grow on trees or rocks in habitats that are generally shady with high humidity, and can be quite different in appearance from their desert -dwelling cousins. Most species of Schlumbergera have stems which ...
[20] [8] Both fall and spring blooming crocuses are cultivated for their flowers. [110] Among the first flowers to bloom in spring, their flowering time can vary from fall to the late winter blooming C. tommasinianus; the earliest fall blooming species, C. scharojanii, may flower during the last weeks of July. [111]
Any Christmas cactus plants that you purchase in the fall are With their handsome, notched foliage and exotic-looking flowers, these handsome plants can live for decades. (Some up to 100 years.)
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. Though it is sometimes referred to as a night-blooming cereus, it is not closely related to any of the ...
Marniera Backeb. Phyllocactus Link. Epiphyllum ( / ˌɛpɪˈfɪləm /; [ 2] "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 .
Schlumbergera truncata, the false Christmas cactus, [1] is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to a small area of the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist forests. It is the parent or one of the parents of the houseplants called Christmas cactus ...
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 ...