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This is one of the many species of columnar cactus that is being successfully planted / trialed in southern Utah (zone 8b - 9a). I have s...Read More
Grows in Redlands, California
Cereus Columnar few spines ( so not "repandus")
Picked up a few pieces of this plant that wa...Read More
This cactus has stunning flowers, however they are short lived, lasting only an evening. The fruit is okay, similar to a dragon fruit. ...Read More
The fruit is edible!! And it has a gorgeous hot pink color skin with a pleasantly mild melon taste. They also have tiny seeds that crunc...Read More
I got 4 cuttings this past spring, from someone who lives in the area, I brought them home, stuck them in the ground and they now have f...Read More
I RECIEVED A SMALL PIECE OF THIS CACTUS FROM A FRIEND 5 YEARS AGO, AFTER REACHING 15 FT HIGH I CUT IT BACK TO 8 FT AND REPLANTED THE CUT...Read More
I got a Peruvian Cereus in a terrarium in 1971; it was about the size of my little finger. It grew for many years and once it started ge...Read More
I always trust "J.L.Hudson, Seedsman" implicitly regarding identification and taxonomy, so I am going to post a photo (2) of the plant th...Read More
Canadian living in Tokyo, Japan. Accidently stumbled accross this house with an Giant Apple Cactus that extended about 6 meters above ro...Read More
We bought this house in January -- in Tucson -- and it began to bloom in May. In three rounds it has put out over 160 blooms -- and is n...Read More
I live in Florida and my Cereus Peruvianus is about 25 feet tall. This year evidently due to all the rain my cactus is about to bloom fo...Read More
The plant was in the garden when I bought the house. Someone cutted the catus across many years ago and still it grew back. It is 15 feet...Read More
I bought this cactus at a Tucson nursury in early June and planted it next to the front porch of our house. It was already three feet ta...Read More
I started with a 5' specimen of this cactus 3 years ago. It grew to about 10 feet that year, and the beginning of next spring I cut it in...Read More
I've had my potted cereus rapandus since 1998. The winters here in Kansas City are too harsh of course to allow me to leave it out past f...Read More
I live in the Mojave, Zone 8a. I grow these in pots, as they must be brought in during the winter for frost protection. They love the h...Read More
One source states that this is probably native to the western Caribbean and Venezuela. The fruit & stems are edible. This cactus is culti...Read More
It holds up to freezing temperatures much better than I anticipated. It was uncovered through at least a week's worth of freezing nights...Read More
hello everybody, i am new to this site.
i just have bought this cactus 5 days ago. when i bought it, it already had two buds on t...Read More
I thought I'd lost this one years ago and in clearing debris from old greenhouse area, there it was still going strong and absolutely COV...Read More
Large, green, slightly knobby, branching tall columnar cactus from South America (or maybe West Indies- origin not really clear).
This plant is a no brainer for most living in the sunbelt. Its only drawback is the spectacular flowers open at dusk and die before noon ...Read More
Grows very well a a potted plant. As it gets taller, you can cut it back with a hand saw, and the plant will send out branches. Loves war...Read More
From England - I have a 'monstrosa' version of this plant, 500cm. tall which suffered severe damage when the greenhouse temperature dropp...Read More