Re: Wiki Photos

**"Marge Talt" m*@hort.net**

Well, before the electricity went out here for the 2nd time in the
last week, I saw Peter's message and  Sheri's photo and knew it was
not E. oxypetalum (did not know what it was) and was going to post
pix I'd just taken of my E. oxypetalum in bloom.....FWIW, here they
are, so you can see the difference in flower attachment, tho' I do
not show the whole plant.   These were taken outdoors in pitch dark
as they only bloom at night; start about 9 or 10PM and are a limp rag
by dawn.

http://www.mtalt.hort.net/cereus/night-bloom-cereus.html

E. oxypetalum has got to be the most gangly and awkward plant on the
planet.  They get huge - I wouldn't exactly say trailing, although
the stems arch over.  If it weren't for the flowers, it would be
really hard to offer this guy growing space for the rest of the year
- beautiful in form, it ain't!  The fragrant flowers, however, are
incredible.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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From: John MacGregor <jonivy@earthlink.net>

on 8/28/03 8:05 AM, Peter Loewer at thewildgardener@earthlink.net
wrote:

> Sheri: I think it's Epiphyllum oxypetalum.

Sheri, Peter,

The common name "night-blooming cereus" applies to a large number of
cacti
with similar white, nocturnal, bat-pollinated flowers growing a wide
array
of plant forms and habits and classified in a number of different
genera.
Epiphyllum oxypetalum is a trailing species with three- or
four-ribbed
stems.  The plant in your photos is an upright, columnar cactus with
many
more than four ribs.

Your plant appears to me to be Cereus  uruguayensis, more commonly
known as
C. peruvianus (of gardens), commonyl known as "apple cactus."

John MacGregor
South Pasadena, CA 91030
USDA zone 9   Sunset zones 21/23

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