Climbing Cactus, Hooker's Orchid Cactus
Epiphyllum hookeri
A friend gave me a long leaf of this plant and I cut it into 4 inch sections, dipped the ends in root hormone and it rooted in just a few days. I shared the plants and had blooms by late summer the next year.
I HAVE SEVERAL LARGE POTS & HANGING BASKETS OF "NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS" AND IT ABSOLUTLY ONE OF MY FAVORITES. MY FIRST CUTTINGS WERE FROM AN OLD FRIEND WHO HAS LONG SINCE PAST AND AS HE TAUGHT ME--"NOTHING IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN SHARING" SO EVERY YEAR I MAKE MANY CUTTING AND LEAVE THEM IN THE GREENHOUSE UNTIL THEY ROOT AND STICK THEM IN POTS OF PURE COMPOST. THEN IT'S TIME TO SHARE. I SAT OUT SIDE ONE NIGHT WITH A PLANT THAT BLOOMED SEVEN BLOOMS AT ONCE. I DRANK WINE AND SAT IN THE GLORY OF ITS HEAVENLY FRAGRANCE. SOME BODY SHOULD FIND A WAY TO BOTTLE IT!!!!!!!!
This image, like one of the earlier ones in the E. oxypetalum thread, actually looks like it is probably E. strictum, a related species that has more petals, which are thinner and more lanceolate.
Thanks eco!
See: http://davesgarden.com/t/317365/
If you have a list for receiving one of them, Please put me down. Surely I would have something that I could trade you for a plant.
Please let me know, OK??
Maxine
I sent one of these to my Mother-in-love for Mother's Day. It was from a place called Almost Eden. Plant and shipping were under like $19.36. She is in N Jersey and she planted it outside. I will reccommend taking cuttings to her to keep in pots as well just in case the mulch doesnt keep it until next year. (Glad DREAMER put that in about the cuttings.) Besides I will definatly have to bring one back to Texas next time we go see her. Dreamer I have sat out like that and watched my Moonflower bloom, not as fragrant, but a real spectacle as well.
I agree this is E. strictum, also known as E. hookeri.
