昙花原产于墨西哥和中美洲热带森林中,是一种附生类型的仙人掌科植物,没有叶子,人们看到的“叶子”实际上是叶状变态茎。昙花引入我国的时间不长,常见到的开白花,花很大,通常在夏季晚上八、九点开放,有的可同时开二、三十朵,香气四溢,光彩夺目,但时间很短,四、五个小时就凋谢。 Epiphyllum native to the tropical forests of Mexico and Central America is an epiphytic type of cactaceae, without leaves, people see the “leaves” are actually leaf-shaped metamorphosis stems. Epiphyllum into our country is not long, common to open the white flowers, large flowers, usually eight or nine in the summer at night, and some can open two or thirty, the fragrance overflowing, dazzling, but time is short Four or five hours to withered.