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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 (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 )
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 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
Epiphyllum thomasianum is an epiphytic species of cactus ... The vegetative morphology closely resembles Epiphyllum oxypetalum. The flowers differ due to their ...
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.
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.
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