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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.
The plants that bear such flowers can be tall, columnar, and sometimes extremely large and tree-like, but more frequently are thin-stemmed climbers. While some night-blooming cereus are grown indoors in homes or greenhouses in colder climates, most plants are too large or ungainly for this treatment and are only found outdoors in tropical areas.
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 .
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 hybrids, epiphyllums, epicacti, or just epis, also known as orchid cacti, which are widely grown for their flowers, are artificial hybrids derived primarily from species of the genus Disocactus. [1] These Disocactus species are not true epiphyllums, but they used to be included in the genus Epiphyllum.
This category contains flowering plants that have flowers that open or remain open at night. Pages in category "Night-blooming plants" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total.
Dutchman's pipe is a common name for some unrelated flowering plants, which have flowers, inflorescences or stems resembling a pipe: Aristolochia species (birthworts or pipevines) from the Aristolochiaceae, particularly Aristolochia macrophylla; Epiphyllum oxypetalum ("night-blooming cereus") from the Cactaceae
Epiphyllum oxypetalum, the Dutchman's pipe cactus, princess of the night or queen of the night. The correct Queen of the Night/Night Queen is Selenicereus grandiflorus. Oxypetalum is refered to as The Princess of the Night Hoyacactus ( talk ) 08:37, 21 April 2024 (UTC) [ reply ]