Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britton & Rose
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Cactaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stems light green, but often becoming deep purple, up to 3 cm. in diameter; ribs 4-8, rather prominent but less so on the older branches; areoles small, white; spines acicular, 1 cm. long or less, yellowish; deflexed bristles or hairs from the lower part of the areoles several, white, often longer than the spines; flowers 2 dm. long; outer perianth-segments and scales of the tube linear, greenish or brownish, sometimes nearly rose-colored; inner perianth-segments acute, rather broad; style cream-colored, stout; areoles of ovary and flower tube bearing short wool and long silky whitish hairs and white bristles; ovary tubercled; fruit ovoid, about 8 cm. long.
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Distribution
Thickets, Cave Cay, persistent after cultivation : Cuba ; Jamaica. Queen of the Night. Often cultivated.
Cuba South America| Jamaica South America|