Queen of the night (Kadupul Flower)

  

Kadupul Flowers (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) ia another beautiful rare flower comes from Sri Lanka, which is white-yellow colored and grows to about 10 to 30 cm in diameter with emanating pleasant fragrance. Kadupul flower plant is a Species of cactus family and its scientific name is Epiphyllum oxypetalum.

Although It is a terrestrial plants, it may be grow with clinging on trees as a epiphytic but absolutely not a parasite Plants are well growth in Sri Lanka, India and South American countries. . It is commonly in Sri Lanka tropical rain forests and now grows as an ornamentation plant in gardens. Flower has different names in different countries Queen of the night, Flower from the Moon, are some of those. Sri Lanka called as Kadupul Mal or Flower from the Heaven and India called as Brahma Kamal.