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Selenicereus

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Noun1.Selenicereus - mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at nightSelenicereus - mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at night
genus Selenicereus
caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Cactaceae, cactus family, family Cactaceae - constituting the order Opuntiales
night-blooming cereus - any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus
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A close relative of Epiphyllum is the vining pitaya cactus (Hylocereus and Selenicereus species), whose so-called dragon fruit have attractive magenta or yellow skin, and whose flavor varies from bland to magnificent, depending on the cultivar.
GARDENING CACTUS FRUIT EDIBLE BUT NOT ALL IS TASTY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The fruits of Hylocereus costaricensis present red coloration on the skin and in the pulp; in Selenicereus megalanthus, known as "Colombian pitaya", the pulp is white while on the outside the fruit is yellow; and in Selenicereus setaceus, the skin is red and the pulp white, like in H.
Development of seedlings of red pitaya (Hylocereus undatus Haw) in ... by de Andrade, Aparecida Renata; Martins, Antonio Baldo Geraldo; Silva, Marco Tulio Habib / Acta Scientiarum Agronomy (UEM)
Mizrahi and his colleagues at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba are testing the crawling cactus Selenicereus megalanthus and two species of Hylocereus.
Black-eyed peas go to Mars; tales of new destinies for plants by Adler, Tina / Science News
 
 
 
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