Lady of the night cactus
Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 15 m
- wide
- —
Cactaceae
Also called Lady of the Night Cactus
Formerly Acanthocereus thalassinus, Cactus hexagonus, Cactus octogonus, Cactus regalis, and 9 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- N. South America to N. & NE. BrazilKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 15 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Spanish
- Cactus Columnar Miramar, Cactus de Columnas, Cirial
- Papiamento
- dama di anochi
- Chinese
- 六棱柱, 六角天轮柱, 鳞片柱
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 4.0
- 3D model: Cereus hexagonus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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