1 What is
1.1 Life Span
Annual and Perennial
Perennial
1.2 Type
Cactus or Succulent
Ornamental Plants
1.3 Origin
Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, South America
North America, Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, Central America, South America
1.4 Types
Not avilable
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Desert
Terrestrial, Tropical Forests
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
Not AvailableNot Available
0
99
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
Not Available
Not Available
1.9 Habit
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
6.1.2 Minimum Width
8.11 Plant Color
8.11.1 Flower Color
Dark Salmon, Sandy Brown, White, Yellow
Not Available
8.11.2 Flower Color Modifier
Multi-Color
Not Available
8.11.3 Fruit Color
8.11.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Not Available
Not Available
8.11.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Not Available
Not Available
8.11.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Not Available
Not Available
8.11.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Not Available
Not Available
8.12 Shape
8.12.1 Leaf Shape
8.13 Thorns
9 Season
9.1 Plant Season
Not Available
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
9.2 Growing Conditions
9.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial Sun
9.2.2 Growth Rate
9.2.3 Type of Soil
9.2.4 The pH of Soil
Alkaline, Neutral, Not Available
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
9.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
9.2.6 Bloom Time
Early Spring, Early Summer, Late Spring, Late Winter, Mid Spring
Not Available
9.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
9.3 Tolerances
10 Care
10.1 Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
Container
10.2 How to Plant?
Grafting, Seedlings
Root Division
10.3 Plant Maintenance
10.4 Watering Plants
10.4.1 Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs
Drought Tolerant
10.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
10.4.3 In Spring
10.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
10.5 Soil
10.5.1 Soil pH
Not Available
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
10.5.2 Soil Type
10.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Not Available
Well drained
10.6 Sun Exposure
Not Available
Full Sun, Partial Sun
10.7 Pruning
Not Available
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
10.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
10.9 Pests and Diseases
10.10 Plant Tolerance
11 Facts
11.1 Flowers
11.1.1 Flower Petal Number
Semi-Double
Not Available
11.2 Fruits
11.2.1 Showy Fruit
11.2.2 Edible Fruit
11.3 Fragrance
11.3.1 Fragrant Flower
11.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
11.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
11.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
11.4 Showy Foliage
11.5 Showy Bark
11.6 Foliage Texture
11.7 Foliage Sheen
Not Available
Not Available
11.8 Evergreen
11.9 Invasive
11.10 Self-Sowing
11.11 Attracts
Not Available
Not Available
11.12 Allergy
12 Benefits
12.1 Uses
12.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Hanging Basket, Showy Purposes
Showy Purposes
12.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
12.1.3 Edible Uses
12.1.4 Environmental Uses
Not Available
Air purification
12.2 Plant Benefits
12.2.1 Medicinal Uses
12.2.2 Part of Plant Used
12.2.3 Other Uses
Used As Food, Used as Ornamental plant, Used for Landscaping
Used as Ornamental plant
12.3 Used As Indoor Plant
12.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
12.5 Garden Design
Container, Houseplant, Lawns and Turf, Mixed Border, Not Available, Tropical
Container, Groundcover, Houseplant, Rock Garden, Wall
13 Scientific Name
13.1 Botanical Name
Selenicereus pteranthus
STENOCEREUS kerberi
13.2 Common Name
Selenicereus, Moonlight cactus
Cereus kerberi, Rathbunia kerberi, Cleistocactus kerberi
13.2.1 In Hindi
13.2.2 In German
13.2.3 In French
13.2.4 In Spanish
13.2.5 In Greek
13.2.6 In Portuguese
13.2.7 In Polish
13.2.8 In Latin
14 Classification
14.1 Kingdom
14.2 Phylum
Tracheophyta
Tracheophyta
14.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Equisetopsida
14.4 Order
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales
14.5 Family
14.6 Genus
14.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Eudicots
14.8 Tribe
14.9 Subfamily
Cactoideae
Cactaceae, Cactoideae
14.10 Number of Species