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Epiphyllum oxypetalum, the Dutchman's pipe cactus, [ 3] princess of the night or queen of the night, [ 4] is a species of cactus with a native range from Mexico to Nicaragua. [ 5] It blooms nocturnally, and its flowers wilt before dawn. Though it is sometimes referred to as a night-blooming cereus, it is not closely related to any of the ...
Phyllocactus phyllanthoides (DC.) Link. Phyllocactus plukenetii Kostel. Disocactus phyllanthoides, the nopalxochitl or German empress, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae. It is commonly grown as an ornamental houseplant. It is one of the three major species involved in creating the widely grown epiphyllum hybrids or ...
The Cactuar, known in Japan as Sabotender (サボテンダー, Sabotendā, lit. Cactender) is a fictional species of plant-like beings from the Final Fantasy video game franchise. They are usually depicted as anthropomorphic cacti with haniwa -like faces in a running or dashing pose. One of the recurring elements of the series, it initially ...
DC originally stood for "Droors Clothing," but since the sale of Droors Clothing [when?], DC no longer has ties to Droors and is simply DC Shoes, Inc. [2] On March 8, 2004, DC Shoes was acquired by Quiksilver in an $87 million transaction. [4] [5] In 2010, DC Shoes moved from Vista, California, to Quiksilver's headquarters in Huntington Beach. [6]
DC. (1828) Cylindropuntia imbricata, the cane cholla ( walking stick cholla, tree cholla, or chainlink cactus ), is a cactus found in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, including some cooler regions in comparison to many other cacti. It occurs primarily in the arid regions of the Southwestern United States in the states of ...
Cereus jamacaru. DC. Synonyms. Cactus jamacaru (DC.) Kostel. 1835. Piptanthocereus jamacaru (DC.) Riccob. 1909. Cereus jamacaru, known as mandacaru or cardeiro, [ 2] is a cactus native to central and eastern Brazil. [ 3] It often grows up to 6 metres (20 feet) high.
Night-blooming cereus is the common name referring to many flowering ceroid cacti that bloom at night. The flowers are short lived, and some of these species, such as Selenicereus grandiflorus, bloom only once a year, for a single night, [ 1] though most put out multiple flowers over several weeks, each of which opens for only a single night ...
After the NCAA changed its policy on name, image and likeness (NIL) in 2021, athletes like Angel Reese and Olivia Dunne set a new standard of financial opportunity for college athletes.. In the ...