Cereus Pasacana

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cereus Pasacana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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