About Moonlight cactus

Moonlight cactus

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual and Perennial

1.2 Type

Cactus or Succulent

1.3 Origin

Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, South America

1.4 Types

Not avilable

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

Not Available

Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Desert

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

Not Available

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

Not Available

1.8 Sunset Zone

Not Available

1.9 Habit

Weeping

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

30.00 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall) ▶

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

Not Available

Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Dark Salmon, Sandy Brown, White, Yellow

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Multi-Color

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Green

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Not Available

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Not Available

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Not Available

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Not Available

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Succulent

2.4 Thorns

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63% - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Not Available

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial shade

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Alkaline, Neutral, Not Available

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Early Spring, Early Summer, Late Spring, Late Winter, Mid Spring

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

Not Available

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Container, Ground, Pot

4.2 How to Plant?

Grafting, Seedlings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Average Water Needs

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Not Available

4.5.2 Soil Type

Not Available

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Not Available

4.6 Sun Exposure

Not Available

4.7 Pruning

Not Available

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Not Available

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

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90% - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Semi-Double

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

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32% - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

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21% - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

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36% - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

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22% - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

Not Available

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

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No - Cactus Garden Plants has it ! ▶

5.4 Showy Foliage

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47% - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.5 Showy Bark

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7% - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.6 Foliage Texture

Bold

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Not Available

5.8 Evergreen

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2% - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.9 Invasive

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1% - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.10 Self-Sowing

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13% - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.11 Attracts

Not Available

5.12 Allergy

Itchiness

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Hanging Basket, Showy Purposes

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

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51% - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Not Available

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Not Available

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Fruits, Nut

6.2.3 Other Uses

Used As Food, Used as Ornamental plant, Used for Landscaping

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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53% - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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All - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

6.5 Garden Design

Container, Houseplant, Lawns and Turf, Mixed Border, Not Available, Tropical

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

Selenicereus pteranthus

7.2 Common Name

Selenicereus, Moonlight cactus

7.2.1 In Hindi

moonlight cactus

7.2.2 In German

Selenicereus

7.2.3 In French

Selenicereus

7.2.4 In Spanish

Selenicereus

7.2.5 In Greek

Selenicereus

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Selenicereus

7.2.7 In Polish

Selenicereus

7.2.8 In Latin

moonlight cactus

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Tracheophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Caryophyllales

8.5 Family

Cactaceae

8.6 Genus

Selenicereus

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Hylocereeae

8.9 Subfamily

Cactoideae

8.10 Number of Species

Not Available

Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶

1 27800

Properties of Moonlight cactus

Want to know the properties of Moonlight cactus? Then you are at the right place. Here you'll know everything about every plant. Knowing the properties of garden plants is very interesting. Moonlight cactus is a flowering plantalso, its flowers are fragrant. Many garden plants possess some allergies. One should know everything about before planting. It has allergic reactions which are Itchiness. Moonlight cactus Benefits are as follows:

Medicinal use: Not Available
Part of plant used: Fruits and Nut

It is always necessary for every botanist to study and know all the characteristics of every plant. Scientific classification which includes kingdom, clade, genus, tribe and order are important parameters to understand for every botanist. The gardener must know the properties like the kind of soil required, the amount of water needed, fertilization and pruning required for respective plant. All these properties differ according to plant.

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Moonlight cactus Physical Information

Physical information is must while knowing everything about Moonlight cactus. Physical information includes the exterior appearance of the plant. The appearance of the plants is well considered factor, especially when you want your garden to be very attractive. Learn about color of leaves and flowers which differs even from the same species of plants. Moonlight cactus physical information is as follows: 30.00 cm tall and Not Available wide. Its leaf shape is Succulent. Also it has following color specifications:

Flower color: Dark Salmon, Sandy Brown, White and Yellow
Leaf color: Not Available

Care of Moonlight cactus

Taking Moonlight cactus Care is very important. Pruning, fertilizing, timely watering is very important care factors of any plant. If proper care is taken, results are refreshing and green plants which have a healthy life. Hence every garden plant care should be taken properly. Care of Moonlight cactus include pruning, which should be done Not Available. The watering done in summer is Lots of watering and in winter is Average Water. It needs Full Sun, Partial shade for its proper growth.

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Season and care of Moonlight cactus

Many a times, care of plants is dependent on the season of the plant. Hence season and care of Moonlight cactus is important if you are planning to plant it in your garden. It is a Annual and Perennial plant. Moonlight cactus is a very important plant from . There are Not Available varieties of this plant, among which some popular species are: Not avilable. This plant's habitat is Desert and it comes in the hardiness zone Not Available. If you want to keep your garden blooming for all year, grow different plants which blooms in different seasons. Also, understanding habitat of plants is necessary to know, it helps to adjust the environment of the plant like the type of soil and temperature needed for it, according to region it originated from.