While the movie cactus is laden with blooms, a cereus is not much to look at the rest of the year. The spineless plant being honored at the party I attended had pods of flat, shiny leaves jointed ...

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We offer a pictorial on the night blooming cereus, a cactus that is anything but pretty for 11 months of the year. But when it does finally bloom, the flowers last for just one night.

Willows cactus is also known as apple cactus, torch cactus, candelabra cactus or night-blooming cereus and has become a pest in the Willows township area since being introduced as a potted plant.

The night-blooming cereus cactus occurs just a few nights each year. -- AP photo . I recently had the honor of being invited to what sounded like a “serious” little party.