Eriocereus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Eriocereus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Eriocereus (woolly and Cereus; referring to the wool in the axils of the bracts on the ovary). Cactaceae. Usually slender plants, at first erect, but usually afterward clambering and creeping, often forming great clumps and thickets: fls. usually large; ovary covered with more or less enlarged bracts bearing hairs and spines in their axils: fr. red, spiny; flesh white; seeds numerous, black. For cult., see Succulents. See Cereus for descriptions of the following species: Banplandii, Riccob; Cavendishii, Riccob. This is described under Cereus, but probably does not belong to either genus; Martinii, Riccob; platygonus, Riccob; tephracanthus, Riccob; tortuosus, Riccob. J. N. Rose. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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