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Night-blooming Cereus

Night-blooming cereus is the common name referring to many flowering ceroid cacti that bloom at night. The flowers are short lived, and in some of these species, such as Selenicereus grandiflorus, each flower blooms for a single night, though most put out multiple flowers over several weeks, each of which opens for only a single night. Other names for one or more cacti with this habit are nightblooming frivolous, princess of the night, Honolulu queen, Christ in the manger, dama de noche, and queen of the night.

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Night-blooming cactus confirmed growing wild in Kailua, Hawaii

If you've ever grown a night-blooming cereus for its one-night flower show, this sighting confirm...

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Selenicereus undatus
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Selenicereus
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Caryophyllales