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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.
Selenicereus grandiflorus is a cactus species originating from the Antilles, Mexico and Central America. The species is commonly referred to as queen of the night, [2] night-blooming cereus (though these two terms are also used for other species), large-flowered cactus, sweet-scented cactus or vanilla cactus. The true species is extremely rare ...
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.
Peniocereus greggii is a cactus species native to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas (); and Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora, and Zacatecas (). [1] Common names include Arizona queen of the night, nightblooming cereus and Reina de la noche.
Its name comes from the prefix penio-(from the Latin penis, meaning ‘tail’) and Cereus, the large genus from which it was split. [1] Known as the desert night-blooming cereus, it also shares its common names of "night-blooming cereus" and "queen of the night" with many other similar cacti.
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 .
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Peniocereus greggii, the Arizona Queen of the Night; P. johnstonii and P. serpentinus; genus Pereskia. P. aculeata, the "Barbados gooseberry" P. guamacho; Genus Selenicereus. S. undatus, S. megalanthus and other species ("dragon fruits") genus Stenocereus (quite sweet, but prone to ferment; hence the "agria" [="sour"]))