It was an all-nighter for Ben Johnson — and we're not talking about waiting for votes to come in. On the night of Oct. 24, the night-blooming cereus put on a show at his Baton Rouge home. “That was ...

After collecting newspapers from the driveway the other morning, I was almost back inside when I spotted some news of my own. At the edge of the porch, our night-blooming cereus had offered its first ...

Can you give me some info about growing a night-blooming cereus? At what time of year do they usually bloom? Is there anything I can do to encourage blooming? What do you recommend about exposure to ...

These nighttime blooms open when the sun sets and emit a delightful fragrance, too.

The night-blooming cereus, aka Selenicereus grandiflorus, is a flowering, climbing cactus common in tropical areas, where it’s treasured for its fragrant and fleeting beauty. (Flowers bloom just once ...

Once a year, the night-blooming cereus wows us with white, palm-sized flowers that blossom at dusk and wilt before sunrise. And we love her. Also known as Peniocereus greggi var. transmontanus or ...

Punahou School’s longtime grounds supervisor Michel Sebastian prunes the night-­blooming cereus hedges on Wilder Avenue. When the weather is very hot, the top sections become dehydrated and shrink.