I've yet to divorce a plant, though I've been sorely tempted. If I could leave a man, why not an epiphyllum? A lazy, no good, freeloading space holder that has bloomed no more than twice in eight ...

The biggest problem with growing orchid cactuses is figuring out just what they are. They are cactuses, but are not spiny. Their spectacular blossoms are neither orchids nor orchidlike. Sometimes ...

A. The orchid cactus is a beautiful flowering plant that does not fit the typical idea we associate with cacti. The Epiphyllum orchid cactus is a rain forest dweller, not a desert inhabitant. This ...

People stay up at night to enjoy the opening of the flowers of the tropical wonder Epiphyllum petalum, better known by its ...

Dear Jane: I've been trying to figure out the name of a plant that sort of resembles a Christmas cactus. I've asked at several garden centers about it, but no one knows it and no garden center has it ...

It’s Monday, around 9 o’clock, and the library is locked for the night. Silently, Linda Zellmer appears on the other side of the glass door. She opens it and guides us up four dark floors towards a ...

Ever since I told the story of how Nagib Padamshi loves to rescue plants destined for the landfill and find a place for them in his beautiful Kerrisdale garden, I’ve received emails from people hoping ...

The biggest problem with growing orchid cacti is figuring out just what they are. They are cacti, but are not spiny. Their spectacular blossoms are neither orchids nor orchid-like. Sometimes orchid ...