Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britt and Rose.

Common Name: Queen of the night
Family: Cactaceae Juss.
Synonym(s): Cactus grandiflorus L.

Country of Origin: Jamaica, Cuba
Habitat: widely planted and escaped from cultivation in tropical America

Culture: Epiphyte or lithophyte requiring plenty of organic matter and ample moisture during growing season. Full sun, particularly in the spring, will promote summer blooming. Flowers nocturnally.

USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

Accession # 198600043
Source: Chamberland
Accession Date: 12-31-1986
Bench: 3314 - NEOB: Blue Tanks South
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-15-2024
Restrictions:
- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
SubClass: core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
SubOrder:
Family: Cactaceae
SubFamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Phyllocacteae
SubTribe: Hylocereinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2024
2023
2022

References (internal):

Medicinal Plants

References (external):

Plantlist. Last accessed 14 March 2020.

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