Q. Over the holidays, an acquaintance gave me a houseplant as a gift. She called it a night-blooming Cereus and said it was a ...

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 ...

One day each summer, Tucsonans flock to Tohono Chul, walking amid the trails with headlamps lighting the way. On a normal afternoon, you might question this. But on Bloom Night, you’d wish you brought ...

Several weeks ago, I was pleasantly surprised to see that my cereus cactus had formed a huge bud. I began to watch at dusk for signs of opening, and on the night of Aug. 19, during the August ...

“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 ...