While the movie cactus is laden with blooms, a cereus is not much to look at the rest of the year. The spineless plant being honored at the party I attended had pods of flat, shiny leaves jointed ...

Cuddly Cactus (Cereus cactus): "The cuddly cactus from The Sill gets its name due to the absence of spine clusters, making it ...

Flowers flourish in early-morning hoursA curiously elegant plant is behind a lot of hoopla — and some cheese-and-cracker parties — at Marty Tennille’s home in Hampton.Since early summer ...

With our long, hot summers and drought seemingly becoming the norm, many home gardeners are on the lookout for water-efficient plants, and a cactus or two could be solution.

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 ...

THANK you, Molly Selvin, for the story ["A Beauty in Bloom for Only One Night," July 12] on the night-blooming cereus. Cases of cereus affection - Los Angeles Times ...

As a member of the family Cactaceae, night blooming cereus shares several properties with other cactus plants. This includes succulent, water holding stems that sport spines.

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 ...

Several weeks ago, I was pleasantly surprised to see that my cereus cactus had formed a huge bud. I began to watch at dusk for signs of opening, and on the night of Aug. 19, during the August ...

The plant I saw was in a hanging basket with the tips of its stems dangling on one side 5 feet across from those on the other side. Cereus will survive pruning, but must be allowed to grow large ...

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.