| Author: |
Adrian Hardy Haworth 1819 |
| Family: |
Cactaceae |
| Habitat: |
Brazil |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
20
centimetres |
| Height: |
5
meters |
| Flower:
|
Pink |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
Rose
cactus |
| Synonyms: |
Rhodocactus grandifolius,
F.M.Knuth 1935.
Cactus grandifolius, Link 1822.
Rhodocactus
grandiflorus, Knuth & Bkbg.
Pereskia grandiflora,
Hort. ex Pfeiff., Pereskia tampicana.
Rhodocactus
tampicanus.
Rhodocactus grandifolius subsp. violaceus, I.Asai
& K.Miyata. |
This member of
the Cactaceae family was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1819. It if found in Brazil an maybe up north to Mexico. It prefers
well-drained soil, kept wet all-time during summer, a rather
high air-humidity and not too much sun. The stems will grow to 20
centimetres in diameter, the hole plant reaches for up to 5 meters.
The flowers are pink, the fruits quiet special for a cacti. It can
be reproduced both by seeds and cuttings, which must be watered
right away, or dried out for a week, but without leaves.
Pereskia: in the honour
of the French astronomer Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc
(1580-1637). grandifolia: of Latin grown, large and folium,
leaves,
in reference to the large leaves of the species.
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