Accession Data

Selenicereus grandiflorus

Common Name: Queen of the night

Family: Cactaceae

Synonym(s): Cactus grandiflorus L.

Country of Origin: Jamaica, Cuba

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession #: 198600043

Accession Date: 1986-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3314

Quantity: 1

Source: Chamberland

Culture: Epiphyte or lithophyte requiring plenty of organic matter and ample moisture during growing season. Full sun, particularly in the spring, will promote summer blooming. Flowers nocturnally.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Cactaceae

SubFamily: Cactoideae

Tribe: Phyllocacteae

SubTribe: Hylocereinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022

References

  1. Plantlist. Last accessed 14 March 2020.

Images

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