1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
Flowering Plants
Ornamental Plant
1.3 Origin
Mexico, Caribbean, Central America
Not Available
1.4 Types
not available
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.2 Habitat
Desert
Desert, Semi desert
1.3 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.4 AHS Heat Zone
1.5 Sunset Zone
1.6 Habit
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
180.00 cm25.00 cm
0.54
3900
2.2.4 Minimum Width
90.00 cm20.30 cm
0.1
6350
2.5 Plant Color
2.5.1 Flower Color
2.5.2 Flower Color Modifier
Not Available
Not Available
2.5.3 Fruit Color
Non Fruiting Plant
Non Fruiting Plant
2.5.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Dark Green
Not Available
2.5.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Dark Green
Not Available
2.5.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Dark Green
Not Available
2.5.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Olive, Dark Green
Not Available
2.6 Shape
2.6.1 Leaf Shape
Long and slender with very sharp edges
Elliptic
2.7 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Partial shade
Not Available
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Not Available
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Not Available
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Early Summer, Summer
Spring
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
Container, Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
4.2 How to Plant?
Grafting, Seedlings, Transplanting
Cuttings, Stem Cutting
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
Needs very little water
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
Not Available
4.5.2 Soil Type
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Not Available
4.6 Sun Exposure
Partial shade
Not Available
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
Mealy bugs
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
Not Available
Not Available
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
Not Available
Hummingbirds
5.12 Allergy
Not Available
Not Available
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Beautification
Showy Purposes
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
No Medicinal Use
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Fruits, Leaves
Not Available
6.2.3 Other Uses
Employed in herbal medicine, Fine spines and trichomes are used as fiber for weaving, Used As Food
Not Available
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Container, Hanging Basket, Houseplant, Tropical
Bedding Plant
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
Peniocereus greggii
Astrophytum myriostigma
7.2 Common Name
Night Blooming Cereus, Reina de la noche, Arizona queen of the night
Bishop's Cap Cactus, Bishop's Hat, Bishop's Miter Cactus ,Star Cactus
7.2.1 In Hindi
Night Blooming Cereus
Star Cactus
7.2.2 In German
Nachtblühende Cereus
Star Cactus
7.2.3 In French
Night Blooming Cereus
Star Cactus
7.2.4 In Spanish
Reina de la noche
Star Cactus
7.2.5 In Greek
Night Blooming Cereus
Star Cactus
7.2.6 In Portuguese
Night Blooming Cereus
Star Cactus
7.2.7 In Polish
Noc Blooming Cereus
Star Cactus
7.2.8 In Latin
Maria Maria Cereus
Star Cactus
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
8.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
8.4 Order
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
8.8 Tribe
8.9 Subfamily
8.10 Number of Species