Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britt and Rose.
- Common Name: Queen of the night
- Family: Cactaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Jamaica, Cuba
- Habitat: widely planted and escaped from cultivation in tropical America
- 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.
Restrictions:
- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
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Accession Data:
- Accession # 198600043
- Source: Chamberland
- Accession Date: 12-31-1986
- Bench: 1309 - NEO:Mesoamerica F
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-14-2013
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Cactaceae
- SubFamily: Cactoideae
- Tribe: Hylocereeae
- SubTribe:
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