About Night Blooming Cereus

Night Blooming Cereus

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Perennial

1.2 Type

Flowering Plants

1.3 Origin

Mexico, Caribbean, Central America

1.4 Types

not available

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

Not Available

Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Desert

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

12-15

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12-10

1.8 Sunset Zone

1.9 Habit

Weeping

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

180.00 cm

Rank: 84 (Overall) ▶

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

90.00 cm

Rank: 85 (Overall) ▶

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

White, Ivory

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Not Available

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Non Fruiting Plant

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green, Dark Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Dark Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Dark Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Olive, Dark Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Long and slender with very sharp edges

2.4 Thorns

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63% - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Summer

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Partial shade

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral, Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Early Summer, Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

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15% - Cactus Garden Plants have it ! ▶

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Container, Ground

4.2 How to Plant?

Grafting, Seedlings, Transplanting

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

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

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

Neutral, Alkaline

4.5.2 Soil Type

Sand

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Partial shade

4.7 Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Aphids, Mealybugs, Root rot, Scale, Viruses

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Showy

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

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No - Cactus Garden Plants has it ! ▶

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

Not Available

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Beautification

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

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Diabetes, Hangover

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Flowers, Fruits, Leaves

6.2.3 Other Uses

Employed in herbal medicine, Fine spines and trichomes are used as fiber for weaving, Used As Food

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, Hanging Basket, Houseplant, Tropical

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

Peniocereus greggii

7.2 Common Name

Night Blooming Cereus, Reina de la noche, Arizona queen of the night

7.2.1 In Hindi

Night Blooming Cereus

7.2.2 In German

Nachtblühende Cereus

7.2.3 In French

Night Blooming Cereus

7.2.4 In Spanish

Reina de la noche

7.2.5 In Greek

Night Blooming Cereus

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Night Blooming Cereus

7.2.7 In Polish

Noc Blooming Cereus

7.2.8 In Latin

Maria Maria Cereus

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Caryophyllales

8.5 Family

Cactaceae

8.6 Genus

Peniocereus

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Pachycereeae

8.9 Subfamily

Cactoideae

8.10 Number of Species

Rank: 100 (Overall) ▶

1 27800

Properties of Night Blooming Cereus

Want to know the properties of Night Blooming Cereus? Then you are at the right place. Here you'll know everything about every plant. Knowing the properties of garden plants is very interesting. Night Blooming Cereus 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 Not Available. Night Blooming Cereus Benefits are as follows:

Medicinal use: Diabetes and Hangover
Part of plant used: Flowers, Fruits and Leaves

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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Night Blooming Cereus Physical Information

Physical information is must while knowing everything about Night Blooming Cereus. 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. Night Blooming Cereus physical information is as follows: 180.00 cm tall and 90.00 cm wide. Its leaf shape is Long and slender with very sharp edges. Also it has following color specifications:

Flower color: White and Ivory
Leaf color: Green and Dark Green

Care of Night Blooming Cereus

Taking Night Blooming Cereus 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 Night Blooming Cereus include pruning, which should be done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. The watering done in summer is Lots of watering and in winter is Average Water. It needs Partial shade for its proper growth.

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Season and care of Night Blooming Cereus

Many a times, care of plants is dependent on the season of the plant. Hence season and care of Night Blooming Cereus is important if you are planning to plant it in your garden. It is a Perennial plant. Night Blooming Cereus is a very important plant from Cactus. There are Not Available varieties of this plant, among which some popular species are: not available. This plant's habitat is Desert and it comes in the hardiness zone 12-15. 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.