Can you give me some info about growing a night-blooming cereus? At what time of year do they usually bloom? Is there anything I can do to encourage blooming? What do you recommend about exposure to ...

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 ...

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 ...

After collecting newspapers from the driveway the other morning, I was almost back inside when I spotted some news of my own. At the edge of the porch, our night-blooming cereus had offered its first ...

We wait for it each summer, ready to skip sleep to see the pale, night flowers in my neighbor's yard. Night-blooming cereus, Queen of the Dark. Most months it's a stick-straight plant, dim-looking and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q: I have a large night-blooming cereus in my greenhouse. It really needs to be repotted. What kind of potting soil would be best, and when should I repot it? A: Like its somewhat distant cousins ...

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 ...

I’m not much of a late-night partier, especially with people I’ve never met, but last week I received an invitation I couldn’t refuse. It came in the form of an email from reader Trudy Wetzel, of ...