Hylocereus undatus

Night-blooming cereus, also called Queen of the night or Reina de la noche, are names of several genera and species of nightblooming cactus, including:

• Echinopsis, e.g. E. pachanoi (San Pedro Cactus)
• Epiphyllum, e.g. E. oxypetalum (Dutchman's Pipe Cactus)
• Hylocereus, e.g. H. undatus (Red Pitaya)
• Peniocereus, e.g. P. greggii (Arizona Queen-of-the-night)
• Selenicereus, e.g. S. grandiflorus (Vanilla Cactus), probably the most famous

See also

• Queen of the Night

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The nightblooming cereus is also known as the lunar flower, moon flower and luna flower.

References

The nightblooming cereus was featured in Barbara Kingsolver's book The Bean Trees. Taylor, Turtle, Lou Ann and Dwayne Ray witness the blooming of the cereus flower at their neighbour's house towards the end of the novel.

The nightblooming cereus was also featured in Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy book series as the name of one of the Thirteen Houses of the Court of Night-Blooming Flowers.

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