Cereus Martinii

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cereus Martinii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cereus Martinii, Labour (C. monacanthus, Hort.). At first upright, later requiring a support; freely branching from the base, branches long, reaching nearly 5 ft., ¾-l in. diam., slightly tapering, dark green: ribs 5-6, separated by serpentine grooves, contracted between the areoles; sometimes the ribs are not evident, when the st. is cylindrical: areoles about 1-1½ in. apart, white: radial spines 6-7, reddish, short, bristle-form, with bulbous bases or short conical, usually about ⅛in. long; central solitary, mostly deflexed,½-l in. long (in young growth, frequently not longer than the radial), subulate, robust, light brown or white, with bases and tips black: fls. from the older growth sts., 8-9 in. long, clear white, nocturnal: fr. spherical (very similar to C. tortuosus), pointed, dark carmine-red, about 2 in. diam., mammate, a few spines on the mammas, toward the base of the fr. Argentina. R.H. 1860, pp. 658-9.—This species is commonly sold under the name of C. platygonus. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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