What potting soil to use with a night blooming cereus?

I just got a cutting in the mail and don't know whether or not to use an epiphytic orchid soil (i.e.bark) or a cactus sand. This actually isn't a cereus. It is technically an "Epiphyllum oxypetalum." Most people know it though as a night blooming cereus.

What potting soil to use with a night blooming cereus?
Since epiphyllums grow in the crotch of trees, they like a soil miix with a lot of leafmold in it. Do not use an epiphytic orchid soil or cactus sand. You can make you own with a good potting soil and a lot of clean, well aged compost, and maybe 10% sand for good drainage, but not too much, as epiphytes' roots should never completely dry out.





I've always had several growing, including one given to me by a woman who had it for 25 years without it ever blooming. I've had it for twenty with not better luck, but a friend has one he's shaped into a tree and he gets 25-40 flowers every year. The night blooming cereus is the jungle variety from which the hybrid epiphyllums were developed.
Reply:cow poop
Reply:Hi. You are correct in the name. My "cereus" is set to bloom and has been doing so every August since I got it three years ago as a gift form my daughter. I repotted into a 14" pot last year using regular light potting mix and it seems to be doing just fine. Not very particular in my experience. Enjoy!
Reply:we had a cereus that we enjoyed for years, we would set the alarm so we could get up in the middle of the night to watch it bloom


Cereus need to be potted in the cactus mix