Our “Night Blooming Cereus” is blooming earlier in 2021, blooms opened twice during nights of early August. I put the name in quotes because during the course of writing the first seven posts ( I through VII ) I learned this is NOT a member of the genus Cereus, it is actually an epiphyte of the Epiphyllum genus.
For those familiar with the early history of New York City and Hudson Valley it is easy to see why a common name of the plant is “Dutchman’s Pipe Cactus.”
Emerging flower buds of a Epiphyllum cactus. Emerging flower buds of a Epiphyllum cactus. Developing flower stalk of a Epiphyllum cactus.
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References
Wikipedia, “Epiphyllum”, “Epiphyllum oxypetalum,”epiphyte.”
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