When the sun goes down and the stars come out, most gardens fall into shadow. But some unique blooms come alive in the ...

P eople stay up at night to enjoy the opening of the flowers of the tropical wonder Epiphyllum petalum, better known by its common name, queen of the night flower, or orchid cactus, not to be ...

Maybe you already know about the night-blooming cereus, a cactus that usually lives up to its name by blooming only after dark. Often, the plants bloom only once a year, another oddity that ...

One possible source of nutrients: pollen from the saguaro cactus, whose milk-white petals open up only one night a year. Manufacturing of bitumen-lined water bottles The Incredible Flying Car of ...

But there’s another lesser-known holiday beauty that also blooms around the time of Easter. Known as Easter cactus, this lovely plant has interesting flattened stems, an elegant weeping form ...