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Climbing cactus

Epiphyllum hookeri

Also called Nightblooming Cactus, Nopalillo de Hooker, Hooker's Orchid Cactus

Climbing cactus
Photo: Benoit Indo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Climber, Succulent, Perennial
Native range
NC. Mexico to C. America, Trinidad to N. Venezuela
Climate
wet tropical

About

Epiphyllum hookeri is a species of climbing cactus in the Epiphyllum genus. It forms showy white flowers and is native from Mexico through Central America to Venezuela. A perennial, it was introduced to Florida and some West Indian islands.

Other Epiphyllum plants

Epiphyllum baueri · Epiphyllum cartagense · Fern Leaf Orchid Cactus · Epiphyllum grandilobum · Epiphyllum laui · Dutchman's pipe cactus · Climbing cactus · Dutchman's Pipe Cactus · Epiphyllum thomasianum · Climbing cactus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epiphyllum hookeri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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