Odd Epiphyllum Bloom
 

I used to have a very nice Epiphyllum oxypetalum that I lost to an unexpected frost several years ago. It bloomed better every year, huge flowers almost as big as basketballs that smelled like lemon pound cake. A bit of a drag that they only lasted one night, but what a night! Anyway I replaced it last year, and now it appears ready to bloom. The odd thing is that my old plant was a reliable fall bloomer, Sept into Oct and my new one is going to bloom in June. I kept it under 11 hours of light over the winter in a room that got down into the low 40s, and it's been outside since night time lows started staying reliably over 40. And there's a big fat flower bud getting bigger by the day!

I have two which have been blooming now and the one has bloomed at this time for years. The other one is blooming for the first time. One is a huge yellow one and the other a smaller, but still good size reddish orange that has many many blooms.

Looks like it will be a good size flower, mine is just now starting to set buds, my night blooming Connie Mayer won't bloom until Sept when it starts to cool down at night.

My epis usually bloom this Spring..but some blasted, up and down crazy temps. But I have one, still teasing me, so undecided if it will truly bloom or not..but am hoping it will try.

I don't grow epi oxypetalum, but my selenicereus bloom off and on pretty much from late spring until late fall; i think that the difference between day and night temps might be their floral trigger; it seems like a week or two of chilly nights (low 50's) will trigger blooms later in the month