Word: cereus
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Another rare and interesting plant which is now in bloom is a Night Blooming Cereus. The blossoms are about fourteen inches in diameter and about the same in length. They open at about 6 p. m., and remain open all night, closing at about 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning...
...many beautiful orchids in bloom, chief among which is the Holy Ghost plant, so named because its bloom resembles a tiny white dove. A large Borgainvillea also is in flower. Several new cacti have recently been received among which is the finest specimen in this vicinity of the Cereus Gigantus...