I recently had the honor of being invited to what sounded like a “serious” little party. Actually, it was a “cereus” party, named for a night-blooming cactus. This party was called at the spur of the ...

“And so for nights // we waited, hoping to see // the heavy bud // break into flower.” —Robert Hayden, “The Night-Blooming Cereus” The first two times it bloomed I missed it. Twice, I returned home ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tohono Chul Park on the northwest side said the expected mass bloom for its night-blooming cereus will happen over two days this year. "The blooms split, so half will be going this evening and half ...