1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
Flowering Plants
Vegetable
1.3 Origin
Mexico, Caribbean, Central America
Asia
1.4 Types
not available
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
H2
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1.9 Habit
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
180.00 cm30.00 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
90.00 cm10.20 cm
0.1
6350
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
Non Fruiting Plant
Not Available
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Dark Green
Green, Light Green
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Dark Green
Green, Light Green, Chartreuse
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Dark Green
Green, Yellow green
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Olive, Dark Green
Not Available
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
Long and slender with very sharp edges
Acicular
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Neutral
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Early Summer, Summer
Summer
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
4.2 How to Plant?
Grafting, Seedlings, Transplanting
Cuttings
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Does not require lot of watering, Water once every two or three weeks, Water when soil is dry
Average Water Needs
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Neutral, Alkaline
Neutral
4.5.2 Soil Type
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial Sun
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Aphids, Mealybugs, Root rot, Scale, Viruses
Red blotch
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
Not Available
Aphids, Beetles
5.12 Allergy
Not Available
Cold, Irritate the mucus membrane, Sinuses
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Beautification
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Diabetes, Hangover
anti-inflammatory, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Hypotensive
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Fruits, Leaves
Flowers, Leaves, Root
6.2.3 Other Uses
Employed in herbal medicine, Fine spines and trichomes are used as fiber for weaving, Used As Food
Cosmetics, Used as a dye
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Container, Hanging Basket, Houseplant, Tropical
Edible, Herb / Vegetable
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
Peniocereus greggii
ALLIUM cepa( Aggregatum Group)
7.2 Common Name
Night Blooming Cereus, Reina de la noche, Arizona queen of the night
Scallion, Shallot
7.2.1 In Hindi
Night Blooming Cereus
Shallot
7.2.2 In German
Nachtblühende Cereus
Schalotte
7.2.3 In French
Night Blooming Cereus
échalote
7.2.4 In Spanish
Reina de la noche
chalote
7.2.5 In Greek
Night Blooming Cereus
είδος κρεμμυδιού
7.2.6 In Portuguese
Night Blooming Cereus
Sallot
7.2.7 In Polish
Noc Blooming Cereus
Sallot
7.2.8 In Latin
Maria Maria Cereus
Sallot
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Tracheophyta
8.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
8.4 Order
Caryophyllales
Asparagales
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Monocots
8.8 Tribe
Pachycereeae
Not Available
8.9 Subfamily
8.10 Number of Species