Comments on: Night Blooming Plant With White Blossom Is A Mystery

By: Marti Reynolds

Marti Reynolds — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:43:54 +0000

Does anyone know the name of this cactus?

By: Jamie Jamison Adams

Jamie Jamison Adams — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:02:41 +0000

Marcus,

You can spray it with roundup or Hi Yield killzall. However if the vine is entangled with plants you don't want to kill, you will have to wick it. Wicking is the process of using a cotton glove dipped in the weed killer and then touching only the plant that you want to kill. I usually place a rubber glove on then the cotton glove. The best time to do this is when the plant is actively growing and on a hot day. Be sure to water the area the day before. Good luck and keep me posted.

By: marcus

marcus — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:55:58 +0000

Although I'm very fond of these plants, they have overtaken my mom's rock wall and entangling themselves all around our bamboo trees and other bushes and shrubs. They have had a few years to do this and we keep cutting them back and throwing the cuttings in a pile in the yard which then gets overrun with the long cactus vines it grows. My question is.. is there a way to erradicate and cut back this very hearty plant using root killer? The vines have grown everywhere and we need to control them and removing the cuttings from the yard since it easily and rapidly grows wherever we throw the cuttings.
Thanks very much. I will look into keeping one cutting only for house purposes.
Marcus

By: cindy

cindy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:04:28 +0000

it is a night blooming cactus and is of the cerreus family the plant is nothing to look at but the blooms ar really neat

By: Jamie Jamison Adams

Jamie Jamison Adams — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:24:03 +0000

Joan,

I think you have a night blooming cactus. It is hard to tell from the bloom only. I think it is either a Selenicereus grandiflorus or one of the Cerreus - Peniocereus cuixmalensis or Peniocereus hirschtianus.