Night-blooming cereus is a catch-all term describing several types of cacti that only bloom at night (usually only for a single night). The word "cereus" means it is a cactus. Most types of ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. I have a night blooming cereus that is several years old and that has ...

When it keeps raining, it is hard to imagine dry times, but winter in Kona likely means some dry days ahead. Cacti are always good go-to plants for dry times, but some cactus family members are a ...

I recently had the honor of being invited to what sounded like a “serious” little party. Actually, it was a “cereus” party, named for a night-blooming cactus. This party was called at the spur of the ...

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Once a year, the night-blooming cereus wows us with white, palm-sized flowers that blossom at dusk and wilt before sunrise. And we love her. Also known as Peniocereus greggi var. transmontanus or ...

The night-blooming cereus, aka Selenicereus grandiflorus, is a flowering, climbing cactus common in tropical areas, where it’s treasured for its fragrant and fleeting beauty. (Flowers bloom just once ...

It was an all-nighter for Ben Johnson — and we're not talking about waiting for votes to come in. On the night of Oct. 24, the night-blooming cereus put on a show at his Baton Rouge home. “That was ...

The flower blooms at midnight only once a year, and I promised myself I wouldn’t miss it this time. Every night for a week I checked a pair of palm trees near Payne Park in downtown Sarasota that are ...

MANSFIELD - For most of the year, the night-blooming cereus stands in a corner of Judy Theisen's sun room. The towering plant, which is more than six feet tall, attracts serious attention in late June ...