It's Pieris japonica. Common name: Pieris. It's not related to either wisteria nor bleeding heart. It is a broad-leaves evergreen which forms its flowers in the fall. It carries the flowers through the winter and blooms in early spring. On most varieties the new foliage is brightly colored. Linda This post was edited by whitelacey on Thu, Mar 27, 14 at 2:09

Haiti Doc! This may very well be true, but my second bulb of Night Star has bloomed. It is from a completely different source and is almost identical to my other picture. I have seen this many times before, especially with the pink/white varieties such as Apple Blossom. The depth of the color changes with the amount of light. I sometimes wonder if temperature has anything to do with it or the number of hours in a day, but based on observation, I am leaning toward the amount of light. It would be interesting to study this, but unfortunately, I don't have the time to experiment. Anyway, I adore the frilly white with the dark pink star, so I'm more than satisfied with what I have.... I'll post a pic later of the blooms on the second bulb when I get a chance. The first is from Eden's blooms, the second is from Royal Colors! Cheers! Ann

It's definitely an echinopsis, and there are a variety of ways it might have ended up out in the middle of nowhere. Animals might have moved the seeds around, which happens pretty often. Echinopsis has been in cultivation for a very long time, so there would be plenty of chances for it to escape from cultivation like that. There might have also been an old homestead out there at one time, and now this is all that remains. Here in the east that happens a lot. Many times I've found places where there's absolutely nothing left of an old house except the plants from the flower garden. There might be a now unmarked grave where you found it. People have been planting evergreen plants at grave sites for a long time. In my area it's usually yucca,periwinkle, and junipers. But out there, who knows? Not long ago I was reading on someone's website how they love echinopsis so much that they "stealth garden" with it, by planting it in out of the way places all over the desert. Maybe you found one of their plants, who can say? It's definitely very cool that you found it where you did and brought some back.

There are 2 genus that make night blooming cereus. Hylocereus wich is called orchid cactus, and dragon fruit are often called night blooming cereus in the house plant and house hold identification. Hylocereus has many species that climb and make air roots for climbing and will climb trees or live in them and hang and bloom. They are non toxic with edible fruits if pollinated properly. I normaly just take a piece and put it in a well draining mix and not realy water it much. You can kill them if you over water them. The pieces will not die unless you kill them so they should grow in whatever you stick them in as long as you don't over water or over fertilize. If you live in a dry climate misting is a good thing. So basicaly just stick them in somthing and let them grow. Hanging baskets with coconut husks are good pots for them. The other night blooming cereus is the true Cereus genus that are mostly column cactus and I grow them the same way. Just stick a cutting is some dirt and let it do its thing. In my personal expierience in Florida sun the Hylocereus and true cereus do better in part shade with early sun. I am not a proffesional these statements are just by my own expieriences.