Dutchman's pipe cactus
ರಾತ್ರಿ ರಾಣಿபிரம்ம கமலம்ബ്രഹ്മകമലം
Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 2.7 m
- wide
- 76 cm
Cactaceae
Also called Dutchman's Pipe Cactus
Formerly Cereus latifrons, Cereus oxypetalus, Epiphyllum acuminatum, Epiphyllum grande, and 8 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 epiphyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. Mexico to NicaraguaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 2.4 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (10)
- Chinese
- 昙花, 昙花茎, 曇花
- Simplified Chinese
- 昙花
- Spanish
- Nopalillo Criollo
- Min Nan Chinese (Traditional)
- 瓊花
- Min Nan Chinese (Latin, PEHOEJI)
- Khêng-hoe
- Tamil
- பிரம்ம கமலம்
- Kannada
- ರಾತ್ರಿ ರಾಣಿ
- Marathi
- ब्रह्मकमळ, डचमन्स पाईप कॅक्टस
- Bangla
- নিশিপদ্ম
- Malayalam
- ബ്രഹ്മകമലം, നിശാഗന്ധി
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Epiphyllum oxypetalum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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