How To Care For Queen Of The Night Cactus. Its natural habitat is on the floors of evergreen oak forests. Increasing flower production begins right after the plant blooms.
To encourage blooms the plant needs to go through a cooling process in the winter months. A Queen of the Night Cactus Epiphyllum oxypetalum needs to rest for 6-8 weeks during the winter for the flower buds to set in March. For the queen of the night to bloom you must have a controlled environment for it and put in extra effort to keep it at the right temperature.
Because you need to let any succulent or cactus remember this is a tropical cactus dry out and callous over where the cut is so that you can minimizing rotting.
To encourage blooms the plant needs to go through a cooling process in the winter months. Also the flower must have well-drained soil. Queen of the night cactus Orchid cactus Jungle cactus Night-blooming cereus Dutchmans Pipe Nishagandhi Brahmkamal Blooms of Epiphyllum Oxypetalum are revered in the flowering. Epiphyllum Oxypetalum Common Names.