Hi all; I inherited my mother's night-blooming cereus, which was my grandmother's before that. It's bloomed the last 2 years, but no buds yet this year. However, the horrendous winter, lingering cold and late spring here in the NE meant that it didn't come out site until mode June or later. Still checking every day. Sigh. It does have some new leaves, which appear as tiny red leaves growing off the edge of an existing leaf - which is similar to the way it buds, but so far they all look like tiny red leaves wit yellow tips. I've been lightly feeding it with a very dilute solution of a water-sol fertilizer, 10-30-20 (dilute as those numbers seemed high.) Should I bump up the fertilizer? Or leave it alone? So, two questions: 1) Looks very healthy (besides the non-budding) but It does has some old leaves which have turned yellow or weirdly pink. Wondering if its ok ago trim them off..? And - 1) Is possible that the small new red leaves, growing from the margin of a green leaf, are the beginning of a bud? TIA. I do love this gangly plant, both for reminding me of my grandma's sunporch, and for its weird beauty.

Sandy - Thank you so much, she could have been saying Cereus but I thought she kept saying Series. Thanks again. Here is a link that might be useful: MY BLOG

I cant attest to owning/growing Night-Blooming Cereus, but temperature isn't nearly as important as light. * Indoors and out, the temp shouldn't drop below 5ºC (41ºF) in winter. Winter is its rest-period/dormancy. Cold and wet roots in winter spell it's demise. Allow to dry out between waterings. * Best performance is achieved when grown in full sun. Indoors it should be placed preferably in/near a southern window. Extra light in early spring will stimulate budding. * Temperature doesn't promote bud formation. Daylength signals chemicals in the plant to begin production of flower buds. If it flowers, it will be in late spring or early summer. * Keeping the plant rootbound in a small (* Potting mix should be sterile compost (MiracleGro, Hyponex, etc are suitable). * In summer during active growth keep well-watered and apply a complete water-soluble fertilizer. Best of luck!

Hi Deon, I knew we had been there and did that for Epiphyllum oxipetalum (?) before. The 'Night Blooming Cereus' tag can apply to epiphytic and columnar cacti which number many. My friend dz answers it very well in the thread in the link. Here is a link that might be useful: Bloomin' its fool nocturnal head off