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Dave Poole writes:
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| Oh, by the way, the other common name is Queen of the Night - which,
| given David Poole's description, is not unreasonable.
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| The 'original 'QOTN' is supposed to be Selenicereus grandiflorus, but
| it seems that almost any night blooming cactus is dubbed with the same
| name nowadays. Just goes to prove that any reliance on common names
| is risky at best. There's a superficial similarity in flower shape,
| size and colour, but see the two side-by-side and they are very
| different.

That fails to surprise me :-)

I have, of course, not seen either bloom! But they do sound impressive
by any standards!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.