Nightblooming cereus
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Flower of Selenicereus grandiflorus, the most spectacular "queen of the night" cactus.

Night-blooming cereus (nightblooming cereus, night blooming cereus), Reina de la noche or Queen of the night are names of several genera and species of nightblooming cactus, including:

• Echinopsis, e.g. E. pachanoi (San Pedro Cactus)
• Epiphyllum, e.g. E. oxypetalum (Dutchman's Pipe Cactus)
• Hylocereus, e.g. H. undatus (Red Pitaya)
• Peniocereus, e.g. P. greggii (Arizona Queen-of-the-night)
• Selenicereus, e.g. S. grandiflorus (Vanilla Cactus)

The latter species is probably the one most famously and widely called "queen of the night", or accordingly in other languages.

Other plants called "Queen of the night" include:

• Cestrum nocturnum, also called "night-blooming jasmine" though it is not a jasmine.
• a black-flowered tulip cultivar.

Queen of the night also refers to:

• The Queen of the Night, a major character in the Mozart opera The Magic Flute, or her best known aria in the opera, "Der Hölle Rache".
• Queen of the Night (song) by Whitney Houston.
• The Burney Relief, renamed Queen of the Night in 2003.

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