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Selenicereus grandiflorus

Botanic Family

Cactaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Britton & Rose

Propagation

L.

Conservation Status

Trade Controlled

Common Names

• Queen of the Night
• Night-blooming Cereus
• Night-flowering Cactus
• Nya-hmwe-gamon (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Bahamas
• Jamaica
• Cuba
• Sonora
• Tamaulipas - Mexico
• W. Indies
• Virgin Islands - USA
• Guatemala

Natural Habitats

• Moist forests.

Flowering Times

• Summer May-Jul (Nic) Jun-Aug (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

Spiny scrambling epiphytic cactus with aerial roots, 5-7 angled branches to 25mm diameter with spines to 6mm long. Fragrant nocturnal solitary axillary or terminal flowers 300mm long, 350mm across, white to cream tinged brown flowers, outer tepals salmon-coloured, inner tepals whitish. Fruit to 90mm long white, yellow or red with numerous flexible spines, stems with spines & whitish lanate hairs

Further References

• E & M 1970
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• RHS A-Z
• NYBG
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• USNH