Cereus caerulescens
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Cereus caerulescens, Salm-Dyck (C. Landbeckii, Phil.). Arborescent or shrubby, 3-5 ft. high: sts. 1-1½ in. diam.: ribs usually 8, obtuse: areoles approximate, white bud soon becoming black: spines rigid; radials 9-12,½-¼in. long, black; centrals 4, ¾in. long, stronger, black or white: fls. from the side of the st., slightly curved, 6-8 in. long by 6 in. diam., tube bronze-green, corolla white or occasionally rose-pink: frs. ellipsoidal, pointed at both ends, about 3 in. long and half that in diam., bright red, with blue glaucous covering. Argentina. B.M. 3922. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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