Subject: Re: Latin name of "queen of the night" in dutch knows as "koningin van de nacht"

From: User <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 22:02:26 -0800

bram dijkema wrote:
> 
> I'm looking for the latin name of a flower/plant that in dutch is
> called "Koningin van de nacht" which translates to "queen of the
> night". People 've been telling me that only blossoms during the
> night, presumably only once in its lifetime.
> 
> Anybody any idea ?
> 
> Bram
> Bram Dijkema ([email-masked])

"Queen of the Night" is also called Reina-de-la-noche.  The 
Nightblooming cereus or Cereus greggii.  Found in the N. American 
southwest desert.

J. Pittman