The classic verses describing the epiphyllum are:
1. Eternal and present are the mothers of all Buddhas, and the epiphyllum appears in the spring of the night.
From: "One Hundred and Four Stanzas" Author: [Song Dynasty] Shi Shaotan
Explanation: From ancient times to the present, as Buddhist mothers, we only feel that the garden is in bloom when the epiphyllum blooms. It becomes spring.
2. The sun rises in the sky, and the clouds bloom over the mountains, appearing like an epiphyllum.
From: "Seventy-six Poems" Author: [Song Dynasty] Shi Ziyi
Explanation: The sun hangs high in the sky, and the clouds spread over the mountain, just like the night-blooming night-blooming night flowers. Just as beautiful.
3. It rains and plum blossoms bloom, and the pavilion is in early summer. Epiphyllum blooms into the night before.
From: "Moyu'er·Rain and Plum Blossoms" Author: [Song Dynasty] Ge Changgeng
Explanation: Big plum blossoms appear in the pavilion after the rain. The epiphyllum bloomed last night.
4. There are strange flowers in foreign lands. Beside the Tozi Garden, the moon shines brightly at night, and the pistils are as white as frost.
From: The Poetry of You Epiphyllum Author: Rao Tsung-I
Explanation: Two epiphyllums planted beside the lotus pond in my own garden, every moonlit night in late summer and early autumn, epiphyllum blooms. The pistil is as bright as frost and fragrant, like a fairy in white descending to earth.