Cereus Bonplandii

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cereus Bonplandii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cereus Bonplandii,Parm. Sts. at first upright, later clambering over rocks and bushes, about 1-1½ in. diam., branching and spreading, in new growth commonly of a bluish or purplish green, later gray-green: ribs 4-6, sharp, compressed, crenate, separated by broad, concave faces; later the ribs become much depressed, so that the st. is sometimes nearly cylindrical; the ribs commonly run spirally around the axis of the st.: areoles ½-1½ in. apart, at first considerably depressed, later shallower, white, becoming gray: radial spines 4-6 (later 1-4 more appear), straight, spreading, the largest about ½-l in., stout, subulate, pointed, the under one needle-form and shorter; central solitary, straight, stronger, 1 in. long, deflexed or porrect; the stronger spines are white, with tips and bases brown, when young beautiful ruby-red, later all are gray, with black tips and bulbous bases: fls. from the lateral areoles about 10 in. long, white, nocturnal: fr. nearly spherical, about 2 in. diam., mammate, dark carmine-red. Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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