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HUH! In Bride of the Water God by Yun Mi-kyung, a night-blooming cereus is referred to as the "Loneliness of the Night" and refers most specifically to Epiphyllum oxypetalum. Do try to keep up! The flowers are described as being paired, so if one flower is plucked, another flower will die somewhere else. Therefore, they are also given the nickname "short-lived love". If you 'd just keep up with esoteric romance trivia you wouldn't need to ask such simple questions. Even Armistead and Wolfertz know this stuff! At least have a Dutchman's Pipe Cactus in your conservatory Naturally I lean toward the Sonoran Desert Cereus Peruvianus myself ...being a High Plains Drifter Rider of the Purple Sage anti-hero type. A word of caution: do not ever attempt to induce any of your inamoratii into field-trip night-viewing these baby's; They'll think your on some cheap 'make' and clobber you! (FYI the Peruvianus is pollinated by a moth...but I'm bats about 'em anyhow!)