The night-blooming cereus, also known as the queen of the night, is a member of the cactus family and looks like a gangly dead bush most of the year. But for one late summer night each year its ...

In the film “Crazy Rich Asians,” the Singapore family hosts a viewing party for their cereus, the night-blooming cactus that only blooms a few nights each year. I recently attended such a party. While ...

You know summer is here when two things happen: The tourists leave and the night-blooming cactus flower arrives. The flowers are a special treat for locals who stick out the summer heat. The cactus, ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – A night-blooming vine cactus that only blooms one night a year put on a spectacular show in St. Petersburg early Wednesday morning. The cactus is called a night blooming ...

When it keeps raining, it is hard to imagine dry times, but winter in Kona likely means some dry days ahead. Cacti are always good go-to plants for dry times, but some cactus family members are a ...

The night-blooming cereus, aka Selenicereus grandiflorus, is a flowering, climbing cactus common in tropical areas, where it’s treasured for its fragrant and fleeting beauty. (Flowers bloom just once ...

A night blooming cereus (Selenicereus grandiflorus)blooms on Fort Myers Beach on Tuesday June,11, 2019. The cactus is native to deserts in the southwest but can grow in Southwest Florida conditions.

Most of us who have a night-blooming cereus also have a long-term love affair with the plant that graces us with sweet-smelling blooms for only one short summer night. Over the years when I write ...

A blooming cereus cactus in New Paltz, N.Y. Many cacti parade under the name “cereus;” this one — botanically epiphyllum — is another one of the many beautiful ones. Lee Reich/Associated press I ...

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 ...