Q. Over the holidays, an acquaintance gave me a houseplant as a gift. She called it a night-blooming Cereus and said it was a ...

Can you give me some info about growing a night-blooming cereus? At what time of year do they usually bloom? Is there anything I can do to encourage blooming? What do you recommend about exposure to ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. I have a night blooming cereus that is several years old and that has ...

After collecting newspapers from the driveway the other morning, I was almost back inside when I spotted some news of my own. At the edge of the porch, our night-blooming cereus had offered its first ...

I recently had the honor of being invited to what sounded like a “serious” little party. Actually, it was a “cereus” party, named for a night-blooming cactus. This party was called at the spur of the ...

Punahou School’s longtime grounds supervisor Michel Sebastian prunes the night-­blooming cereus hedges on Wilder Avenue. When the weather is very hot, the top sections become dehydrated and shrink.

Once a year, the night-blooming cereus wows us with white, palm-sized flowers that blossom at dusk and wilt before sunrise. And we love her. Also known as Peniocereus greggi var. transmontanus or ...

Here’s one of nature’s most magical plants: the night-blooming cereus cactus, or pitahaya in Spanish. If you like watching the splendor of the evening sky, night-blooming cereus makes a perfect ...

Plants that unfurl their petals only in darkness often condense the drama and poetry of their blossoming into one supercharged — and unpredictable — evening. By Ligaya Mishan BY DAY, HYLOCEREUS ...