Cereus tortuosus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cereus tortuosus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cereus tortuosus, Forbes (C. atropurpureus, Haage). Sts. slender, weak, at first upright, but later reflexed, reaching a length of 3-4 ft., and 1-1½ in. diam.: ribs commonly 7, sometimes but 5, rounded, low, separated by regular serpentine grooves: areoles about 1 in. apart, large: radial spines 5-8, about ⅜-l in. long; centrals 1-4, about ¾-1½in. long; all the spines slender, rigid, red-brown when young, becoming ashy with age: fls. from the previous year's growth, about 6 in. long, trumpet-shaped, tube olive-green and spiny, in the axils of the reddish green scales; outer petals pale green, tinted with brown; inner petals clear white: fr. spherical, brilliant red without and white within, mammate, bearing a few spines on the summits of the lower mammas. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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