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Night Blooming Cerus hunt
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Posted by freedaray North Alabama (My Page) on Fri, Sep 17, 04 at 0:36
| About 10 yrs. ago I was given a piece of the Night Blooming Cerus or Christ in a Manger plant. It had the most beautiful, fragrant bloom I have ever seen; however, no one seems to know what it is or where I can find another. Does anyone have information on where these plants can be purchased? My Grandmother's sister (she has since passed away) gave me the one I had & I haven't seen one since! |
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RE: Night Blooming Cerus hunt
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I did a search in google and the first reponse was another GW post asking the same thing. There a member offered a cutting! I also saw a few for sale, and seeds for sale. Try using google to search for it.
Good luck to you!
Julie |
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Fredaray, I have the night blooming cereus cactus you are looking for. I have several small cuttings that I have potted from my large plant. I would be happy to send you one. Email me and let me know if this is what you are looking for -
Night-blooming Cereus, Queen of the Night, Dutchman's Pipe Cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
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| I'm really confused. Growing up in Arizona a neighbor had a cactus everyone called a night blooming cerus. it opened at night and was usually gone about 9:00 the next morning. He had several and when they bloomed you could smell them in our yard too. Sounds like what you all are discribing right? Well The cactus itself looked like a grey stick in the ground not like a christmas cactus at all. So I'm pretty sure it wasn't Epiphyllum oxypetalum. My question is this: Does anyone know what my neighbor was growing? |
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| Sounds like night blooming cerus. I was able to trade for a couple of them on the Cacti & Succulent Forum. |
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| TXGarden57 Are you thinking of Selenicereus grandiflorus? I just got some cuttings from a guy on ebay. Maybe you all can check there. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Selenicereus grandiflorus
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| I bought a few seeds of Peniocereus greggii(Queen of the night) a few weeks ago from Horizon herbs. contact richo Cech for information on herbseed@horizonherbs.com |
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| i have one of these plants i keep it in the same place spring and summer and in the winter in home in the same place but this year the leaves looks like they have a diease. they have brown dried spots on them not all of them and it looks awful i never had this to happen do you think it needs to be repoted or what can i do it use to look so healthy and now it looks sick thansk |
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KinberlyAnn Thank you for identifying my stick cactus. I have only known it as a stick cactus until now.
Paul |
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| Go to Logees.com and they have it! they have both plants that are called a night blooming cereus The first is Epiphyllum oxypetalum called night blooming Cereus or dutch-mans Pipe Cactus
http://logees.com/prodinfo.asp?number=S7507-2 Then they sell the Hylocereus Undatus which some people call a Night blooming cereus. This one however produces a fruit called a dragon Fruit because the fruits have scales.
http://logees.com/prodinfo.asp?number=R2120-2 Both are night blooming and both Highly fragrant! Blooms open so fast you can watch! hope one of these is the one you are looking for! ~Sam |
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| I have some gigantic 11 foot cereus peruvianus specimens in my front yard. They come with giant white flowers with a pungent smell, then a few weeks after if their pollinated you get lychee sized red fruits that taste like a super sweet watermelon. |
RE: Night Blooming Cerus hunt Queen of the night
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| I would like to BUY A PLANT OR CUTTINGS |
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| My pot of the night blooming cereus became so large and sprawling that I could not pick it up any more. Expecting a hard winter, I took a lot of cuttings and jammed them down in a big clear vase with wet moss inside. Roots went everywhere, and I did not lose a single cutting. This spring, I transferred the mass of cuttings into a new deeper pot so the plant could droop to its hearts content, and I could roll it into the heated garage for next winter. So taking cuttings is pretty easy to do, if you have a large plant you wish to share. |
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