Nopalxochia ackermannii resembles an arrow and its flowers resemble water lilies, with excellent fragrance, making it suitable for indoor potted cultivation

Nopalxochia ackermannii Kunth is a perennial evergreen epiphytic plant of the Cactaceae family. Because its stems are flat and lanceolate, shaped like an arrow, and its flowers resemble water lilies, it is called Nopalxochia ackermannii.

It is a clustered shrub-like plant, about 50~100 cm tall. It likes bright light and well-ventilated environments, but under hot, high-temperature, and dry conditions it should be properly shaded, and it fears rain. It requires fertile, loose, and well-drained soil, and has a certain degree of drought resistance. It is native to Mexico, where it is most abundant, while in China it is mainly grown in pots.

Nopalxochia ackermannii has many varieties of flower colors, and the colors are gorgeous. It blooms in midsummer and is an excellent choice for decorating windows, balconies, and entrance halls.

An epiphytic cactus plant with upright stems, many branches, and a clustered shrub-like form, about 50~100 cm tall. The base of the plant has a slender round main stem, and the branches are flat and arrow-shaped, green in color.

The edges of the stems are obtusely toothed. In the recessed parts of the teeth there are areoles, with fine spines 0.3~0.5 cm long, and clusters of short spines also grow there. The midrib of the flat stem is clearly protruding. The flowers are large, emerging from the areoles on both sides of the stem joints; the floral tube is slender and trumpet-shaped; the perianth is double or multiple-layered; it blooms during the day and closes at night; a single flower blooms for only 1~2 days; flower colors include purple-red, bright red, pink, carmine, yellow, white, blue-purple, etc. It blooms during the day in summer, with the flowering period from April to June. The fruit is an oval red berry, and the seeds are black.

Nopalxochia ackermannii has many varieties of flower colors and is deeply loved for its delicate, graceful bearing, gorgeous colors, and rich fragrance. It is mainly grown as a potted ornamental, and in greenhouses variety combinations are often used to enhance the ornamental effect. Used to decorate the windows and balconies of living rooms and studies, and porches, it is an excellent indoor potted flower with fine color, form, and fragrance.