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Posted by Pam (U14571885) on Friday, 30th December 2011
on last week's GQT Bob Fowerdew mentioned a succulent which flowered at night and it had a beautiful scent. Does anyone know which plant he was talking about? it sounded like 'nictoserius' but I can't find any plant name like that.
I heard that too.
I have Epiphyllums, nothing like the name mentioned agreed, but E. Cooperi hybrids DO have night-flowering, fragrant flowers. I've got one, but actually not that fond of the scent! Lovely flower though.
Nowadays I put all my Epiphyllums outside, in an open coldframe, for the summer months, so I dont now get the lounge smelling of it when it does flower. J.
on last week's GQT Bob Fowerdew mentioned a succulent which flowered at night and it had a beautiful scent. Does anyone know which plant he was talking about? it sounded like 'nictoserius' but I can't find any plant name like that.
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Hylocereus or dragon fruit is a night flowering succulent cacti pollinated by bats and/or moths. Wiki has details if this is the one you are thinking of. Knowing Bob F only grows things to eat, it could be a likely candidate.
I think the common name is The Queen of the Night. I think the ancient plant my family has had for three generations is an epiphyllium. It last flowered in the 80.
thanks for your replies re my query and I think I have tracked it down to a Selenicereus, so that seems very close to the Hylocereus mentioned. I started looking for succulents and found lots mentioned on davesgarden.com and that gave the pronunciation as sel-ee-nih-KER-ee-us, so I obviously missed the first two syllables!!
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