Any one out there know how to make a night blooming cereus bloom?

I have plant almost 3.5 ft for 2 years I started from a cutting but it has never bloomed any ideas? I am very good with plants.

Any one out there know how to make a night blooming cereus bloom?
'Night-Blooming Cereus' is a vigorous plant during the growing season, late spring to midsummer, and typically blooms in early summer. When mature (at least three years old), it puts out the purest white, enchantingly fragrant flowers that open from evening until the following morning.





The blooms are formed on the old leaves, so you should not trim those off. The flower buds look somewhat pointed and triangular when they first form and are different from leaf buds, which are longer and more rounded at the tip. Also, flower buds will generally have many veins extending in towards the leaf it is on, rather than the leaf bud, which only has one solid vein.





'Night-Blooming Cereus' does not form flower buds indoors as well as it does when it is placed outdoors. Therefore, it is a good thing to grow them in a pot. Move your plant outdoors when temperatures are above 45 degrees, depending on where you live, and it will have a greater chance of producing flower buds. Make sure you place it in a partly shaded and sheltered region of your home away from windy areas to prevent the stems from snapping off.





'Night-Blooming Cereus' will not tolerate high temperatures and direct sunlight, and it will inevitably dry out and shrivel up. Keep it well-watered and provide excellent drainage. When temperatures drop to below 45 degress, move it indoors where the frost will not kill it. During this time, the plant stops growth to store energy for next year's display. There is not much need to fertilize 'Night-Blooming Cereus' as it does well with normal water.





Good luck!
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Above is an interesting discussion about your plant. My experience with it is similar to that and yours. Started one the same way and waited for the blooms and then was told that they bloom infrequently for only a short period. I gave up, forgot about it, just watered now and then, put a little fertilized soil on it to freshen it up and then one day to my shock it bloomed (3yrs was the first.) Was going to transplant it and was told not to - that it liked to be root bound. Since that first time I get 1 or two bloomings a year. Roots now growing outside the pot and placed whole thing in a hanging wire basket filled with moss. Seems to like it. Quite spectacular hanging by a picture window in the kitchen. Have a shady yard and sun just filters through to the window.
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