Cereus Pasacana
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Read about Cereus Pasacana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Cereus Pasacana, Web. A gigantic species, reaching a height of 20-30 ft., and sometimes even 50 ft., and a diam. of 12-16 in.; sparingly branching above; in new growth dark green, becoming gray or bluish: ribs 15- 20, or in young plants only 9-10: areoles ⅜-¾in. apart, large, brown, becoming yellowish and finally gray: radial spines 10-13, about 1 in. long, the under one or lowest pair straight, subulate, the others curved; centrals mostly 4, the under and upper ones the longest, reaching 2 in. length, straight or curved; the young spines are clear brown, often with alternating rings of light and dark tissue, later gray, bulbose at the base: fls. from the lateral areoles about 6 in. long, white. Argentina.—This is the giant cereus of the Argentine desert, as Carnegiea gigantea is of the certain N. American deserts. It is not a trueCereus. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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