♪♫♫☺♫♫♪ About 45 miles north northeast of downtown San Diego is the Wild Animal Park. The Wild Animal Park is part of the Zoological Society of San Diego, which also operates the San Diego Zoo, but at 1,800 acres, the Wild Animal Park is about 18 times larger than the San Diego Zoo.
Many people don't realize that in addition to being world-class zoos, both facilities are also internationally recognized botanical gardens. Together they have over one million plants on about 1,900 acres. One of the best collections at the Wild Animal Park is the Epiphyllum House.
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All of the plants in the Epiphyllum House have been donated by the San Diego Epiphyllum Society, which also maintains them.
Epiphyllums are native to Central America and are part of the cactus family, but you'll be hard-pressed to find a thorn on these plants. Beautiful, fragrant flowers are not all that epiphyllums have to offer, though, since the fruits are edible.
The Epiphyllum House is closed except when the plants are blooming, which usually begins around April and runs for several months. That, of course, means that mid-May — right now! — is prime viewing time. The common name for epiphyllums is orchid cactus, and you'll understand why when you watch the slide show below.
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