Tropicals & Tender Perennials: What's This?, 0 by orchidman1

orchidman1 wrote:
I, too, believe you have a night blooming Cereus (Oxypetalum) or Queen of the Night. It will bloom at night and will be white. The picture I am attaching is of such a plant.

Your plant bothers me in that it is just too green. A Queen should be much darker, almost grayish (see docgipe's picture). You say this plant doesn't get much sun in the winter; try to change this and put it in an eastern window where it gets as much light as possible. In the summer, place it in the lower branches of a tree and let the tree shade it. I feel that the long winter low-light situation is your main problem.

I would also replant into a gallon size container. While your plant is large and relatively healthy, it should have more leaf growth for its size and should be much darker in leaf color. Fertilize monthly with 10-10-10 except for Dec, Jan time period. Do so now, and I think you will have blooms one of this summer's warm nights! bob